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Dean O'Banion
American mobster
Charles Dean O'Banion (July 8, 1892 – November 10, 1924) was an American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicagobootlegging wars of the 1920s.
The newspapers of his day made him better known as Dion O'Banion, although he never went by that first name. He led the North Side Gang until 1924, when he was shot and killed, reportedly by Frankie Yale, John Scalise and Albert Anselmi.
Early life
O'Banion was born to Irish Catholic parents in the small town of Maroa in Central Illinois.[1] In 1901, after his mother's death, he moved to Chicago with his father and older brother (a sister, Ruth, remained in Maroa).
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The family settled in Kilgubbin, otherwise known as, "Little Hell," a heavily Irish area on the North Side of Chicago that was notorious citywide for its crime.
As a youngster, "Deanie," as he became known, sang in the church choir at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral.
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