Frank Sheeran

Military Person

1920 – 2003

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Who was Frank Sheeran?

Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran was a labor union official who was accused of having links to the Bufalino crime family. In his capacity as a high official in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Sheeran was a leading figure in the corruption of unions by organized crime. Shortly before his death, Sheeran also confessed to killing Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa. Author Charles Brandt would detail what Sheeran told him about his alleged murder of Hoffa in his 2004 book I Heard You Paint Houses.

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Born
Oct 25, 1920
Philadelphia
Ethnicity
  • Irish American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Lived in
  • Philadelphia
Died
Dec 14, 2003

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on July 23, 2013

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