Unlike other mobsters, Al Capone didn't go out in a blaze of glory when he died at just 48 in 1947. Instead, the man once called "Public Enemy No. 1" met his demise thanks to syphilis that he'd ...

with Tom Hardy starring as the notorious gangster Al Capone. The film centers on Capone after his 11-year sentence at the United States Penitentiary, as he suffers from syphilis and dementia while ...

Al Capone got an icy reception ... to Alcatraz. Capone was a good prisoner, but his health was in sharp decline. He had contracted syphilis prior to his marriage (and in fact transmitted the ...