John "Jackie The Lackey" Cerone (born July 7, 1914-November 20, 1996) was an Chicago mobster and leader of the Chicago Outfit during the late 1960s. July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Chicago Outfit is a crime syndicate that has a long and extensive history dating back to long before Prohibition and part of the U.S. phenomenon known as the Mafia. ...

As an enforcer for the Chicago crime syndicate Cerone had been arrested over 20 times on charges including armed robbery, bookmaking, illegal gambling, and embezzlement by the time he had been appointed "Don" of the Chicago Outfit following Tony Accardo and Joey Aiuppa's semi-retirement from active leadership of the organization. During the 1950s Cerone was a chauffeur to Accardo before later serving under Sam Giancana as a protege, becoming a leading hitman responsible for the death of loan shark William "Action" Jackson. In 1986 Cerone, with Aiuppa, Nick Civella, and Carl DeLuna were convicted of skimming $2 million from Las Vegas casinos. Robbery is the crime of seizing property through violence or intimidation. ... A bookmaker, or a bookie, is an organisation or a person that takes bets and may pay winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the United States, with Singapore and Canada, the only legal bookmaker is state_owned and operated. ... Illegal, or unlawful, is either prohibitted or not authorized by law. ... The term gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ... Tony Accardo, born Anthony Joseph Accardo, (April 28, 1906 - May 22, 1992) was the boss of the Chicago Outfit from about 1945 until shortly before he died of natural causes. ... Joseph John Aiuppa (December 1, 1907 - February 2, 1997), also known as Ha Ha , Doves, Mourning Doves, or Joey Doves, was a member of the Chicago Mafia organiztion known as the Chicago Outfit. ... // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... Sam Momo Giancana (June 15, 1908 — June 19, 1975) was a famous and powerful mafioso and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-66. ... William Jackson may refer to: Government: William Jackson (congressman) (1783-1855), US Congressman from Massachusetts William Jackson (secretary), Secretary to the Philadelphia Convention and member of the U.S. Continental Army William Jackson (Gibraltar), Governor of Gibraltar William Jackson (Massachusetts), former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts William Harding Jackson, former... Nicholas Civella (March 19, 1912-March 12, 1983) was a Kansas City mobster involved in union racketeering and tax evasion. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...

Cerone died in 1996, shortly after his release from prison.

Resources

• Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia: Second Edition, New York, Checkmark Books Inc., 1999