Jack Dragna
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Jack Dragna (born Antonio Rizzoti) (April 18, 1891 - February 23, 1956) was a organized crime figure from Chicago active in Los Angeles, California. He acceeded to Joe Ardizonne's capoship after Joe disappeared in 1931 and operated gambling ships off the California coastline until the United States Government shut them down in 1939. His enemies included Bugsy Siegel and Siegel bodyguard Mickey Cohen, neither of whom the boss of the "Mickey Mouse Mob" was able to stop. (Cohen survived numerous attempts by Dragna's mob to kill him.) Participated in the Havana Conference of 1946. Frank DeSimone took over after his death.
Dragna was a very private boss who eschewed flashiness and attention, and died a free man of natural causes.
