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[2] Turner claimed she was unsure of how Stompanato obtained her phone number, but that she learned in later press that allegedly he collected the phone numbers of various Hollywood actresses, including June Allyson, Anita Ekberg and Zsa Zsa Gabor. [3] Stompanato pursued Turner aggressively, sending her various lavish gifts. [4] "
Julia Jean "Lana" Turner (/ ˈ l ɑː n ə / LAH-nə; [a] February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life.
In the 1997 movie L.A. Confidential (1997), Stompanato is portrayed by Paolo Seganti, and is seen sitting in a booth with Lana Turner, portrayed by Brenda Bakke, at West Hollywood's Formosa Cafe. A BBC Radio 4 original play, Jonathan Holloway - A Night with Johnny Stompanato , was first broadcast in 2008.
True crime author Casey Sherman, a Cape native, just published his 16th book looking into the stabbing death of gangster Johnny Stompanato who was found in Hollywood screen star Lana Turner's home ...
Hollywood has been the site of many high-profile murder cases over the years — and some have even overlapped. Erik Menéndez and Lyle Menéndez made headlines in 1989 for their involvement in ...
EXCLUSIVE: Lana Turner’s mobster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato was allegedly stabbed to death in her house by her daughter Cheryl Crane in 1958. This incident is the basis for Casey Sherman’s ...
Stephen Crane, Lana Turner, and Cheryl Crane, eight weeks old. Cheryl Crane was born July 25, 1943, [3] [4] at Hollywood Hospital in Los Angeles to actress Lana Turner and actor Steve Crane. At the time of her birth, Crane suffered near-fatal erythroblastosis fetalis due to her mother's Rh-negative blood. [5] Her parents divorced in August 1944 ...
Unsolved murder and mutilation of 22-year-old woman [10] [153] [161] 8: Bugsy Siegel: Beverly Hills: 1947-06-20: Mobster murdered in his Beverly Hills home, shot through window with .30 caliber military M1 carbine [10] [162] 9: Murder of Johnny Stompanato: Beverly Hills: 1958-04-04: Murder of Lana Turner's boyfriend by Turner's 14-year-old ...