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  • The exhibition, backed by Antoinette McConnell, the 74-year-old daughter of Sam “Momo” Giancana, is described by the organisers as a mafia equivalent of the popular Bodies exhibition of dissected corpses and Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition.

    Las Vegas Museum Rivalry Pitches Murdered Mobster’s Daughter Against Mayor Who Represented Suspected Killer | Impact Lab 2010

  • 'The name Giancana was as good as any bullet ever invented,' said Chuck with a chuckle.

    Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth Taraborrelli, J. R. 1997

  • (Sam Flood was the name Giancana used whenever he checked into a Las Vegas hotel, for the FBI didn't take kindly to his frequenting Las Vegas casinos.)

    Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth Taraborrelli, J. R. 1997

  • "Hit him, or I'll call Giancana and rat him off right now."

    American Tabloid Ellroy, James, 1948- 1995

  • Later, when we were investigating the foreign assassination plots, for example, our committee uncovered evidence that John Kennedy was having a liaison with Judith Campbell, who was the girlfriend of Sam Giancana, a mafioso who was also working with the CIA to assassinate Castro.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Later, when we were investigating the foreign assassination plots, for example, our committee uncovered evidence that John Kennedy was having a liaison with Judith Campbell, who was the girlfriend of Sam Giancana, a mafioso who was also working with the CIA to assassinate Castro.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Later, when we were investigating the foreign assassination plots, for example, our committee uncovered evidence that John Kennedy was having a liaison with Judith Campbell, who was the girlfriend of Sam Giancana, a mafioso who was also working with the CIA to assassinate Castro.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Starting in the 1970s, Mr. Curtis began a long career in secondary roles - among them, the impotent star in "The Last Tycoon" (1976), a Joe McCarthy-like senator in Nicolas Roeg's 1985 film "Insignificance" and gangster Sam Giancana in the 1986 TV film "Mafia Princess."

    Tony Curtis dies at 85: Iconic actor starred in 'Some Like It Hot' Adam Bernstein 2010

  • Mr. Curtis began a long career in secondary roles -- among them, the impotent star in "The Last Tycoon" (1976), a Joe McCarthy-like senator in Nicolas Roeg's 1985 film "Insignificance" and gangster Sam Giancana in the 1986 TV film "Mafia Princess."

    Tony Curtis dies at 85; starred in 'Some Like It Hot' and 'Sweet Smell of Success' Adam Bernstein 2010

  • Then Giancana, a known gangster, was spotted at the Cal-Neva by state gaming board agents, an infringement that cost the singer his casino-operator's licence and led to an abrupt, enraged switch in his political allegiance.

    When the Rat Pack ruled supreme Richard Williams 2010

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