Mae Coughlin Capone aka Josephine, was the widow of Al Capone

Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early...

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Mae Coughlin was born in New York City

New York

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Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 parents Michael Coughlin and Bridget Gorman. She had four sisters and two brothers. Mae Capone was raised in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, New York, USA.

She was two years older than her husband, and they did not marry until after she gave birth to their only child, Albert Francis Capone

Albert Francis Capone

Albert Francis Capone , also known as Sonny, was the son of Al Capone.Albert Francis Capone was born in New York on December 4, 1918 to parents Al Capone and Mae Coughlin. He was born with congenital syphilis, which his father had contracted many years before. At the age of seven Albert developed a...

 ("Sonny Capone"). After she married Al Capone, she lived in Amityville, Long Island

Long Island

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. She is known for having traded illegal moonshine

Moonshine

Moonshine is an illegally produced distilled beverage...

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She died aged 89 on April 16, 1986 at the Hollywood Hills retirement home in Hollywood, Florida

Hollywood, Florida

-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...

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