1. Johnny Stompanato's death was ruled as justifiable homicide because he had been killed in self-defense.
18 Facts About Johnny Stompanato
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Johnny Stompanato was the youngest of four children: he had two older sisters, Grace and Teresa; and an older brother, Carmine.
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In 1943, Johnny Stompanato joined the US Marines serving with the headquarters and service company, 1st Marine Division.
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Johnny Stompanato served in the South Pacific theater, in Peleliu and Okinawa, and then served in China.
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Johnny Stompanato left the Corps in March 1946, being discharged in China.
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Johnny Stompanato met his first wife, Sara Utush, a Turkish woman, while stationed in Tianjin, China.
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Johnny Stompanato left his wife and child and moved to Hollywood, California, in 1947.
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Johnny Stompanato's wife was granted a divorce in Illinois on the grounds of desertion in January 1949.
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The next month, Johnny Stompanato, described in a news article as a "ceramics manufacturer," married actress Helen Gilbert.
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At the time, Johnny Stompanato was arrested on a charge of vagrancy.
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In 1950, Johnny Stompanato, described as a "recent and inexperienced recruit from Illinois," was listed as one of the principal members of the Cohen gang by the California Commission on Organized Crime.
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In October 1952, Johnny Stompanato left Cohen and started dating Helene Stanley, a former 20th Century Fox contract player and a live model for The Walt Disney Company.
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Johnny Stompanato had just ended her contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and chose not to sign a new contract under the new studio head Dore Schary who replaced Louis B Mayer who was fired in 1951.
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In 1957, Johnny Stompanato became so jealous about Turner's relationship with future James Bond actor Sean Connery, he flew to London and travelled to Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.
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Johnny Stompanato stormed onto the set of Another Time, Another Place threatening Connery with a gun.
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Johnny Stompanato was reported to the police and quietly deported from the United Kingdom.
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Johnny Stompanato claimed that Stompanato had been violently attacking her mother.
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Johnny Stompanato is interred at Oakland Cemetery, in Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois beside his mother Carmela, his father John, and his stepmother Verena.