Al Capone’s Miami Beach mansion offered for film shoots

Published March 19, 2015 1:33pm

Gangsters and mob bosses likely swam in the waters of this pool, part of a mansion once owned by notorious mob boss Al Capone on Palm Island in Miami. The sprawling waterfront compound, one of Florida's most notorious pieces of real estate, is where Capone died after being released from Alcatraz and where he is said to have plotted the St. Valentine's Day massacre in 1929. REUTERS/One Sotheby's International Realty

MIAMI - A Florida mansion that once belonged to notorious US gangster Al Capone has been renovated and its new owners hope to rent it out for film and video shoots.

Capone, ravaged by late-stage syphilis, died at the Palm Island home in 1947 after suffering a stroke and a heart attack.

The colonial-style villa was built in 1922 and comprises seven-bedrooms and a private beach, the mansion's new owners MB America said in a statement.

The house has been thoroughly renovated after its sale last year for nearly $8 million.

Capone rose to prominence as a gangster during America's years of alcohol prohibition in the 1920s.

His former mansion is a popular draw on boat tours of the homes of the rich and famous in the area. — Agence France-Presse

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