How Did Bumpy Johnson Die
Godfather of Harlem is an American crime drama television series which premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix. The series is written by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson.Whitaker is also executive producer alongside Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, John Ridley and Markuann Smith. Chris Brancato acts as showrunn. Film sees Bumpy die in a store during the day time, rather than in Wells Restaurant during the night time. Mentioned in the Lupe Fiasco song Failure: “I’m Bumpy Johnson I stick to the streets.” Mentioned in the Mac Dre song Genie of the Lamp: “I’m Samuel and Denzel in one body and Bumpy faced Johnson, I’ll kill somebody. Unlike his fictional Boardwalk Empire counterpart, who was shot and killed, Johnson lived into old age. He died at age eighty-five in a convalescent home in New Jersey. That wasn’t the only difference from his fictional alter ego, Nucky Thompson. After Schultz disobeyed the Commission and attempted to carry out the hit himself, they ordered his murder in 1935. He was shot once, below the heart in the bathroom of the Palace Chophouse restaurant but staggered out and sat at a table (not wanting to die in the bathroom). Born: December 24, 1897, probably on French Guadeloupe Died: December 1969, Central Islip, New York Nicknames: Queenie, Madam Queen, Madam St. Clair, Queen of the Policy Rackets Associations: Bumpy Johnson, Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano. Clair carved out a piece of the New York rackets during the early years of the 20th century, battling mobsters such as Dutch.
| Ellsworth Raymond Johnson | |
|---|---|
Born | October 31, 1905Charleston, South Carolina |
Died | July 7, 1968 (aged 62)New York City |
Gender | Male |
Status | Deceased |
Cause of death | Heart failure |
Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery |
'Bumpy Johnson - he was like my godfather. My godfather was a cold-blooded gangster. The best there`d ever been and the best there is.'' - Frank Lucas about Bumpy Johnson
Ellsworth Raymond 'Bumpy' Johnson (October 31, 1905 - July 7, 1968) was an American gangster in New York City's Harlem neighborhood in the early 20th century.
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Ellsworth Raymond 'Bumpy' Johnson lived a very high-styled life of crime in the early and mid-20th century in New York City. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he grew up in Harlem and never hesitated to break the law if he thought it would profit him. His talents were noticed by the 'numbers game' expert Stephanie 'Queenie' St. Clair, a black French woman from Martinique who was such an effective gang leader, known for her ruthless and brutal tactics, that she was running an old, predominantly white gang called the Forty Thieves by the late 1920s in New York City. Bumpy Johnson became Queenie St. Clair's right-hand man and heir-apparent by the early 1930s.
Bumpy Johnson was a vicious killer, extortionist and all-around weasel, and though Queenie did not like it, he also was a pimp and robber. He never gave up either of those side-line professions.
Bumpy Johnson became and maintained his position as the kingpin of Harlem crime for nearly 40 years. He knew how to remain in power, by playing the friend of the downtrodden for the news media, always being seen helping the community. While his desire to help the less fortunate was probably an honest one, he gave with one hand as he took away with the other. He knew that to be the way of 'good business'. He fostered an attitude by those in the Harlem community that he was a sort of 'Robin Hood', but he was all hoodlum, first and foremost. He was a clever crook.
He was imprisoned 3 times for running a narcotics ring. He fancied himself a deep thinker, and while in prison he read philosophy and wrote poetry. He never stopped being a vicious crook and a brutal enforcer to those who got in his way, personally or in business.
Ellsworth Raymond 'Bumpy' Johnson died of a heart attack in 1968. Despite the claim made by his driver, Frank Lucas, Bumpy Johnson's widow claims that Lucas was not present with Bumpy Johnson when Johnson had that fatal heart attack. Frank Lucas made much of his claim, and asserted his right to claim Bumpy Johnson's position atop the Harlem drug-king's empire. As history shows us, Frank Lucas did successfully take over Bumpy Johnson's crime business and wrote his own chapter in that history of American crime-lords.
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