⚰️ Sonny was born with congenital syphilis. It was the only inheritance he received from his father.
Due to a weakened immune system, he suffered from severe ear infections, eventually losing hearing in his left ear. He even had to undergo brain surgery. Once, he was caught shoplifting items worth just $3.50 from a supermarket. It was painkillers.
Despite these hardships, he managed to graduate from college and lived a humble, honest life, working as a salesman and in restaurants to support his family.
His father boasted wealth immense enough to be listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. However, Sonny thoroughly rejected his father's lifestyle, eventually even changing his name to distance himself from the legacy.
On this day, January 25, 1947, Sonny's father and the notorious mafia boss, Al Capone, passed away.
He died from a stroke and pneumonia—complications caused by the very syphilis he had passed down to his son. At the time of his death, due to the ravages of the disease on his brain, the once-feared mob boss possessed the mental capacity of a 12-year-old child.
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