May 16, 1957: Eliot Ness Dies at Age 54, Broke and Forgotten

On May 16, 1957, 54 year old ex-lawman Eliot Ness, he of future television and movie fame as leader of the “Untouchables,” died nearly broke and so forgotten that the Chicago newspapers did not even run an obituary. The text narrated in this video is from the original article at https://www.historyandheadlines.com/may-16-1957-eliot-ness-dies-age-54-broke-forgotten/ Music: “Dark Alley Deals” by Aaron Kenny are from https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music The images by Erik Drost available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleveland_Innerbelt_Bridge_Opening_(29618360790).jpg, by gargantuen available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Death_Mask_Display.jpg, and by Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eliot_Ness_grave_-_Lake_View_Cemetery_-_2014-11-26_(17623090025).jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en The images by Alexrk2 available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA_Pennsylvania_location_map.svg and by Dickelbers available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA_-_OHIO_-_Cleveland_police.jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en The image by DemocraticLuntz at English Wikipedia available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potter_County_Pennsylvania_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Coudersport_Highlighted.svg is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en The screenshots of articles by Wikipedia contributors available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Lonardo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coudersport,_Pennsylvania, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diebold_Nixdorf, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Ness, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(1957_book), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(1993_TV_series), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(film), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untouchables_(law_enforcement) contain text that is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License The low-resolution images available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AngeloLonardo.jpg, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TheUntouchables.jpg, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Untouchables_1959.jpg, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Untouchables_1993_title.jpg, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UntouchablesThe.jpg are used in a video intended for educational purposes per fair use. The video by Free HD Stock Footage available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b46KcSgHJfY is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed): https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons Images used in this video are believed to be (based on their file descriptions at the time of access by us) either in the public domain or available per a Creative Commons license or per “fair use”. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are the originator of any image used in this video and would like us to name you and/or include a link to the original source in this video’s description, we will gladly do so. Please support this channel on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historyandheadlines