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James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 until 1971.
Shortly before his death in 2003, he said he had killed Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa in 1975. Author Charles Brandt detailed what Sheeran told him about Hoffa in the narrative nonfiction work I Heard You Paint Houses (2004). The truthfulness of the book, including Sheeran's confessions to killing Hoffa and Joe Gallo, has been disputed by some.
Hoffa: The Real Story is an autobiography by Jimmy Hoffa and Oscar Fraley [1] published in 1975 by Stein & Day. [2] In 2019, the book was rereleased by Graymalkin Media. Hoffa had published an earlier autobiography titled The Trials of Jimmy Hoffa (1970).
Hoffa is a 1992 American biographical crime drama film directed by Danny DeVito and written by David Mamet, based on the life of Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa. Most of the story is told in flashbacks before ending with Hoffa's mysterious disappearance. The story makes no claim to be historically accurate, and in fact is largely fictional.
I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa is a 2004 work of narrative nonfiction written by former homicide prosecutor, investigator, and defense attorney Charles Brandt that chronicles the life of Frank Sheeran, an alleged mafia hitman who confesses the crimes he committed working for the Bufalino crime family.
Teamsters boss last seen alive stepping into a car outside a Detroit restaurant on 30 July 1975
In a This Day in History video, learn that on July 31, 1975, labor leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared. As President of the teamsters union, Hoffa was a man with connections and who got what he wanted.
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