| LC control no. | no2013131251 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wojtowicz, John, 1945-2006 |
| Variant(s) | Basso, Little John, 1945-2006 Basso, Littlejohn, 1945-2006 Wojtowicz, John Stanley, 1945-2006 |
| Associated place | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 19450309 |
| Death date | 20060102 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Brigands and robbers |
| Found in | Arthur Bell interviews John Wojtowicz, 1972 (John Wojtowicz (known in the New York gay community as Little John Basso)) Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2013 : John Wojtowicz (John Stanley Wojtowicz (March 9, 1945 - January 2, 2006); American bank robber whose story inspired the 1975 film Dog day afternoon; married Carmen Bifulco in 1967; separated in 1969; met Ernest Aron (later known as Elizabeth Debbie Eden) in 1971 at an Italian feast in New York City; the two had a wedding ceremony on December 4, 1971, in Greenwich Village; on August 22, 1972, Wojtowicz, Salvatore Naturale and Robert Westenberg, attempted to rob a branch of the Chase Manhattan bank on the corner of East Third Street and Avenue P in Gravesend, Brooklyn; on April 23, 1973, he was sentenced to 20 years in Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary; he died of cancer on January 2, 2006, aged 60, in his mother's home). Ancestry.com WWW site, October 29, 2013: U.S. Public Records Index, volume 2 (name: John S Wojtowicz; birth: 9 Mar. 1945; residence: 1935-1993 - Brooklyn, N.Y.) The Village Voice, August 31, 1972, p. 1: Littlejohn & the mob: saga of a heist, by Arthur Bell (John Wojtowicz, known through Gay Activists Alliance as Littlejohn Basso (Basso was his mother's maiden name)). |
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