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In 1933–34, seen in retrospect as the heyday of the Depression-era outlaw, Dillinger was the most notorious of all, standing out even among more violent criminals such as [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Baby_Face_Nelson?action=edit&redlink=1 Baby Face Nelson], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Boy_Floyd Pretty Boy Floyd], and [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde Bonnie and Clyde]. (Decades later, the first major book about in '30s gangsters was titled ''The Dillinger Days''.) Media reports in his time were spiced with exaggerated accounts of Dillinger's bravado and daring and his colorful personality. The government demanded federal action, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover J. Edgar Hoover] developed a more sophisticated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation] as a weapon against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime organized crime] and used Dillinger and his gang as his campaign platform to launch the FBI.

After evading police in four states for almost a year, Dillinger was wounded and returned to his father's home to recover. He returned to Chicago in July 1934 and met his end at the hands of police and federal agents who were informed of his whereabouts by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Cump%C4%83na%C5%9F Ana Cumpănaş] (the owner of the brothel where Dillinger sought refuge at the time). On July 22, the police and Division of Investigation<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>closed in on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biograph_Theater Biograph Theater]. Federal agents, led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Purvis Melvin Purvis] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_P._Cowley Samuel P. Cowley], moved to arrest Dillinger as he left the theater. He pulled a weapon and attempted to flee but was shot three times ~~(four, according to some historians)~~ and killed.

After evading police in four states for almost a year, Dillinger was wounded and returned to his father's home to recover. He returned to Chicago in July 1934 and met his end at the hands of police and federal agents who were informed of his whereabouts by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Cump%C4%83na%C5%9F Ana Cumpănaş] (the owner of the brothel where Dillinger sought refuge at the time). On July 22, the police and Division of Investigation<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>closed in on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biograph_Theater Biograph Theater]. Federal agents, led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Purvis Melvin Purvis] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_P._Cowley Samuel P. Cowley], moved to arrest Dillinger as he left the theater. He pulled a weapon and attempted to flee but was shot three or four times and killed.

He was [http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/John_Dillinger_(Public_Enemies) played ]by Johnny Depp in ''Public Enemies'' (2009).

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 In 1933–34, seen in retrospect as the heyday of the Depression-era outlaw, Dillinger was the most notorious of all, standing out even among more violent criminals such as [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Baby_Face_Nelson?action=edit&redlink=1 Baby Face Nelson], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Boy_Floyd Pretty Boy Floyd], and [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde Bonnie and Clyde]. (Decades later, the first major book about in '30s gangsters was titled ''The Dillinger Days''.) Media reports in his time were spiced with exaggerated accounts of Dillinger's bravado and daring and his colorful personality. The government demanded federal action, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover J. Edgar Hoover] developed a more sophisticated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation] as a weapon against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime organized crime] and used Dillinger and his gang as his campaign platform to launch the FBI.
-After evading police in four states for almost a year, Dillinger was wounded and returned to his father's home to recover. He returned to Chicago in July 1934 and met his end at the hands of police and federal agents who were informed of his whereabouts by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Cump%C4%83na%C5%9F Ana Cumpănaş] (the owner of the brothel where Dillinger sought refuge at the time). On July 22, the police and Division of Investigation<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>closed in on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biograph_Theater Biograph Theater]. Federal agents, led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Purvis Melvin Purvis] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_P._Cowley Samuel P. Cowley], moved to arrest Dillinger as he left the theater. He pulled a weapon and attempted to flee but was shot three times (four, according to some historians) and killed.
+After evading police in four states for almost a year, Dillinger was wounded and returned to his father's home to recover. He returned to Chicago in July 1934 and met his end at the hands of police and federal agents who were informed of his whereabouts by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Cump%C4%83na%C5%9F Ana Cumpănaş] (the owner of the brothel where Dillinger sought refuge at the time). On July 22, the police and Division of Investigation<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>closed in on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biograph_Theater Biograph Theater]. Federal agents, led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Purvis Melvin Purvis] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_P._Cowley Samuel P. Cowley], moved to arrest Dillinger as he left the theater. He pulled a weapon and attempted to flee but was shot three or four times and killed.
 He was [http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/John_Dillinger_(Public_Enemies) played ]by Johnny Depp in ''Public Enemies'' (2009).