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Eliot Ness
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![]() Ness c. 1933
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Died | May 16, 1957 |
(aged 54)
Cause of death | Heart attack |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Spouse(s) |
Edna Stahle
(m. 1929; divorce 1938) Evaline Michelow
(m. 1939; divorce 1945) Elisabeth Andersen Seaver (m. 1946)
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Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent. He was famous for his roles to bring down Al Capone and push Prohibition laws in Chicago, Illinois. He was the leader of a famous team of law enforcement agents from Chicago, nicknamed The Untouchables.
He unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio in 1947 as a Republican.
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