Wilmington Morning Star, 28 January 1947, page 1: Rites for Capone still remain as secret of family
RITES FOR CAPONE STILL REMAIN AS SECRET OF FAMILY
- Paper
- The Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
- Date
- 1947-01-28
- Page
- Page 1
- Headline
- RITES FOR CAPONE STILL REMAIN AS SECRET OF FAMILY
- Rights
- Post-1930 issue. The Library of Congress title record for this newspaper states that it is believed to be in the public domain or to have no known copyright restrictions; this archive treats that statement as a no known restrictions mark, on the editor's decision of 12 October 2026, pending a renewal check. The story is wire copy; the page image is used as a record of the issue.
Front page of the Wilmington Morning Star, Wilmington, N.C., Tuesday, 28 January 1947. The item is datelined Miami Beach, Fla., Jan. 27, with the Associated Press symbol, and opens: “Funeral plans for Al Capone remained a family secret today.”
It reports that the body was at a funeral home, that the rites “were to be as simple as possible, it was reported,” and that “Burial is expected to take place in Chicago.” It repeats the cause of death as an apoplectic stroke followed by pneumonia and a heart condition.
The burial place is given only as expected. This archive does not take a place of burial from this page.