Al Capone is a prominent name in the world of gangsters. He gained notoriety in the 1920s and co-founded The Outfit, an Italian-American organized crime syndicate. He was a feared personality, and even the authorities couldn’t touch this larger-than-life figure.
According to FBI, Capone ruled an empire of crime in Chicago. He became infamous for doing illegal and criminal activities like gambling, bribery, narcotics trafficking, murders, and more. From the mid-1920s to the late 1920s, Al Capone’s empire grew, and so did the violence. Despite being on the verge of becoming a crime lord, Capone reportedly married Mae Coughlin on December 30, 1918.
Coughlin allegedly gave birth to their son, Albert Francis “Sonny” Capone Jr, a few weeks before their marriage. As per reports, Capone and Coughlin only had one child, and the gangster refused to acknowledge him.
Where are his children now?
As mentioned above, Al Capone had one child, but he never acknowledged him. Citing a memorial site, The Sun reported that Sonny was born with congenital syphilis and required brain surgery. The infection left him partially deaf. As per the outlet, he attended school and university in Miami. Additionally, Sonny didn’t want to associate himself with Al Capone and went on to legally change his name to Albert Francis Brown.
The Sun also revealed that Sonny used to work as an “apprentice printer” before becoming a tire distributor. The outlet reported that he married Diane Ruth Casey in 1941 and had four daughters. Not a lot is known about his life, it has been widely reported that Sonny died on July 8, 2004, in Florida.
In recent years, one of Sonny’s daughters, Diane Patricia Capone, has been talking about her family across several platforms. According to Chicago Tribune, she published a book in 2019, titled Al Capone: Stories My Grandmother Told Me. Diane Patricia Capone discussed her book in an interview with the aforementioned publication and admitted that Sonny had four daughters. In addition, she stated that she and her siblings used to call Al Capone “Papa.”
