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Al "Scarface" Capone was an American gangster of the prohibition era whose career illustrated the power and influence of organized crime in the United States. Capone took the "Italian criminal society" and fashioned it into a modern American criminal enterprise. There were a few major points in his existence that impacted him considerably starting with his childhood, the beginning of his criminal empire, and his peak when he became one of the most talked about …

…need and so he carried himself well in the public eye ("Al Capone"). Even before Capone's death, the American public enjoyed Hollywood's portrayal of the gangster life-style. Capone's power, the size of his organization, his public appeal and media presence during his reign, and his prominent physical features all served to make him a legend. He was immortalized in books, movies, and comic strips and remains a powerful image of crime and violence in America.