On this day, May 16, 1957, Eliot Ness, the leader of a legendary team of law enforcement agents nicknamed “The Untouchables,” died of a heart attack. He was 54.
Ness was best remembered for his successful investigation of Chicago gangster and bootlegger Al Capone.
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