John Roselli

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John "Handsome Johnny" Roselli (sometimes spelled Rosselli; born Filippo Sacco; July 4, 1905 – August 7, 1976) was an Italian-American mobster associated with the Chicago Outfit who helped that organization exert influence over Hollywood and the Las Vegas Strip. Roselli was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in plots to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. In July 1976 he was strangled to death with his body surfacing in an oil drum days later. His murder remains unsolved.

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