Jackie Cerone

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John "Jackie The Lackey" Cerone (born July 7, 1914-November 20, 1996) was an Chicago mobster and leader of the Chicago Outfit during the late 1960s.

As an enforcer for the Chicago crime syndicate Cerone had been arrested over 20 times on charges including armed robbery, bookmaking, illegal gambling, and embezzlement by the time he had been appointed "Don" of the Chicago Outfit following Tony Accardo and Joey Aiuppa's semi-retirement from active leadership of the organization. During the 1950s Cerone was a chauffeur to Accardo before later serving under Sam Giancana as a protege, becoming a leading hitman responsible for the death of loan shark William "Action" Jackson. In 1986 Cerone, with Aiuppa and three other syndicate members, were convicted of skimming $2 million from Las Vegas casinos.