2006-08-05 21:58:00 · 5 answers · asked by 42 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
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James Riddle Hoffa was the powerful and controversial leader of the Teamsters Union from 1957 to 1971. Often alleged to have ties to organized crime, Hoffa was finally convicted of fraud and jury tampering in 1964 and served four years in prison before his sentence was commuted by President Nixon. In 1975, while trying to regain power in the union, Hoffa disappeared from a restaurant parking lot in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He was widely assumed to have been killed by the Mafia. His body was never found, and in 1983 he was declared legally dead. In September of 2001, news reports claimed that DNA tests by the FBI had tied Hoffa to a car driven by his associate Charles O'Brien the day Hoffa disappeared -- suggesting that charges might still be brought in the case.
2006-08-05 22:02:51 · answer #1 · answered by Dan G 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hi ,, he was the head of the teamsters union back in the 1960's and early 70"s.... he was associated with the mafia.... and went to prison for a while...
when released he tried to gain his power back,,,, he and his bodyguard dissappeared and have never been found.....
good luck
2006-08-05 22:02:55 · answer #2 · answered by eejonesaux 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's that guy who could play the national athem all cool and played purple haze on his guitar and would burn it on stage. He was awesome! But he's dead now. The mob killed him and buried him under the Giants Stadium or something like that because he was trying to wear dresses and run the FBI.
2006-08-05 22:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by williampetersen7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guy who stinks up my basement - but don't tell anyone...SSSHHHHHHH
2006-08-05 22:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by jonnygaijin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some mafia dude
2006-08-05 22:28:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋