HOFFA Jimmy
Born James Riddle Hoffa.
Date of birth : February 14, 1913, Brazil, Indiana.
Date of death : declared dead on July 30,1982,but disappeared on July 30, 1975, Michigan.
Profession American trade unionist who ran the powerful Teamsters Unions () from 1957 to 1971,
the date from which he was put in jail for conspiracy, embezzlement and denial of justice .
Story
In 1936 he married Josephine Poszywak (March 21, 1918, Ohio-September 12, 1980, Michigan)
They had 2 children, Barbara Ann (April 8, 1938, Michigan)() and James Philipp (born on May 19,
Some conspiracy theories cite him among the suspects involved in Marilyn's death.
Since 1957, he was under surveillance for his links with the organized crime.
He would had hired Bernard Spindel to wiretap Marilyn in order to obtain some compromising informations
Hoffa was accused of shakedown the day before Marilyn sang for John Kennedy in May 1962, at the Madison Square Garden.
On July 30, 1975, he left his home at Lake Orion, Michigan, and disappeared. His body was never found.
He was declared dead July 30, 1982.
His last public appearance would have took place in a restaurant, in Michigan, when he would have met 2 gangsters, who denied this meeting.
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