Al Capone

==Illness and death==
Due to his failing health, Capone was released from prison on November 16, 1939,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23230440/al_capone_released_from_prison_because/|title="Scarface Al" Capone Released by Government|newspaper=Wausau Daily Herald|date=November 16, 1939|access-date=April 3, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111024908/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23230440/al_capone_released_from_prison_because/|url-status=live}}</ref> and referred to [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]] in [[Baltimore]] for the treatment of [[General paresis of the insane|syphilitic paresis]]. Because of his unsavory reputation, Johns Hopkins refused to treat him, but Baltimore's [[MedStar Union Memorial Hospital|Union Memorial Hospital]] did. Capone was grateful for the compassionate care that he received and donated two Japanese weeping cherry trees to Union Memorial Hospital in 1939. After a few weeks of inpatient and outpatient care, on March 20, 1940, a very sickly Capone left Baltimore and travelled to his mansion in [[Palm Island, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-08-30/news/1994242174_1_capone-katz-pimlico|last=Sandler|first=Gilbert|title=Al Capone's hide-out|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=August 30, 1994|access-date=July 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208090649/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-08-30/news/1994242174_1_capone-katz-pimlico|archive-date=December 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/baltimorecounty/news/ph-ms-union-memorial-0329-20120326,0,1307075.story|last=Perl|first=Larry|title=For Union Memorial, Al Capone's tree keeps on giving|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=March 26, 2012|access-date=July 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801031632/http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/baltimorecounty/news/ph-ms-union-memorial-0329-20120326,0,1307075.story|archive-date=August 1, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc2news.com/news/region/baltimore-city/medstar-union-memorial-celebrates-capone-cherry-tree-blooming |last=Slade |first=Fred |title=Medstar Union Memorial celebrates Capone Cherry Tree blooming |publisher=[[WMAR-TV|Abc2News]] |date=April 10, 2014 |access-date=July 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727231633/http://www.abc2news.com/news/region/baltimore-city/medstar-union-memorial-celebrates-capone-cherry-tree-blooming |archive-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref> In 1942, after mass production of [[penicillin]] was started in the United States, Capone was one of the first American patients treated by the new drug.<ref>The first use of penicillin in the United States was on March 14, 1942, for a patient with streptococcal sepsis.</ref> Though it was too late for him to reverse the damage to his brain, it did slow down the progression of the disease.<ref name=Penicillin/>

In 1946, his physician and a Baltimore psychiatrist examined him and concluded that Capone had the mentality of a 12-year-old child.<ref name=fbi/> He spent the last years of his life at his Palm Island mansion, spending time with his wife and grandchildren.<ref>John J. Binder, ''The Chicago Outfit'', Arcadia Publishing (2003), pp&nbsp;41–42.</ref> On January 21, 1947, Capone had a [[stroke]]. He regained consciousness and started to improve, but contracted [[bronchopneumonia]]. He suffered a [[cardiac arrest]] on January 22, and on January 25, surrounded by his family in his home, died after his [[heart failure|heart failed]] as a result of [[apoplexy]].<ref name="cstdivill">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14735502/al_capone_dies/ |work=Chicago Sunday Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Al Capone dies in Florida villa |date=January 26, 1947 |page=1 |access-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029012634/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14735502/al_capone_dies/ |archive-date=October 29, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0117.html |title=Capone Dead At 48. Dry Era Gang Chief|agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 2, 2009 |access-date=March 12, 2010| quote= Al Capone, ex-Chicago gangster and prohibition era crime leader, died in his home here tonight. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128035701/http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0117.html| archive-date= January 28, 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref> His body was transported back to Chicago a week later and a private funeral was held.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23230747/al_capones_body_is_returned_to_chicago/|title=Al Capone's body is returned to Chicago in secrecy for burial, 1947|newspaper=Leader-Telegram|date=February 1, 1947|page=1|access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111024914/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23230747/al_capones_body_is_returned_to_chicago/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was originally buried at [[Mount Olivet Cemetery (Chicago)|Mount Olivet Cemetery]] in Chicago. In 1950, Capone's remains, along with those of his father, Gabriele, and brother, Frank, were moved to [[Mount Carmel Cemetery (Hillside, Illinois)|Mount Carmel Cemetery]] in [[Hillside, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mount Carmel |url=http://oldghostshome.com/mtcarmel.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040903003853/http://www.oldghostshome.com/mtcarmel.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 3, 2004 |work=Oldghosthome.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=accardo|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|edition= 3rd|last=Wilson|first=Scott|year=2016|pages=114–115|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1476625997|access-date=October 15, 2020|archive-date=January 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104162116/https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=accardo|url-status=live}}</ref>
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File:Death certificate of Al Capone.jpg|Capone's [[death certificate]] January 25, 1947
File:Grave Al Capone.jpg|Capone's grave in [[Mount Carmel Cemetery (Hillside, Illinois)|Mount Carmel Cemetery]], [[Hillside, Illinois]]
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