Al Capone Icon (2014)

Al Capone The quintessential selfmade American man ruthless killer or both To this day we are fascinated with this celebrity gangster Americans love a bad boy a tragic antihero Al Capone is one of the originals one of the most notorious bootleggers and gangsters of the twentieth century believed to have personally murdered dozens of people and ordered the killing of hundreds of others But thats only one side of this complicated man He was also a hugely popular public figure dynamic and charismatic he opened one of the nations first soup kitchens and was a devoted patron and guardian of jazz giving African American musicians opportunities that they would otherwise never have had So what made him a crime boss instead of a powerful politician