Al Capone died January 25, 1947, at his home in Palm ... He retired to his Florida estate a recluse in 1940 and was one of the first people in history to receive the antibiotic penicillin, ...

Shortly after his release, Capone moved to Palm Island, Florida, where he would reside for the rest of his life. In 1942, he was one of the first Americans to receive the antibiotic penicillin as ...

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 ...

Post-release, Capone was treated with a new drug called penicillin, but his physical and mental health continued to worsen. The 48-year-old former gangster died in Florida, of heart failure, on ...

The True Story of Al Capone's Final Years. ... Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin laid the groundwork for syphilis to become the highly-treatable infection it is today.

However, by the time penicillin was used to treat Capone in the United States in 1945, his body had already been ravaged by the disease and he would die two years later in 1947, according to the FBI.

January 25 marks the 70th anniversary of Al Capone’s death. Better known as “Scarface Al” (a nickname Capone hated) or, as the FBI once referred to him, “Public Enemy No. 1,” Capone is ...

Tom Hardy plays infamous American gangster Al Capone in director Josh Trank's new biopic, Capone, but unlike he has ever been depicted in media before. While plenty of media exists chronicling ...

In the new Tom Hardy movie, Capone, it's hinted Al Capone left behind a lost treasure. We trace how a microbe ruined any chance of recovering it.

Al Capone’s Rise to Power in Chicago. The Volstead Act and the Prohibition that came with it was passed on Jan 17, 1920, Capone’s 21st birthday.