What is John Wojtowicz?
{{more sources|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox criminal |name = John Stanley Joseph Wojtowicz |birth_name = John Stanley Joseph Wojtowicz |birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|3|9|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States |death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|1|2|1945|3|9|mf=y}} |death_place = New York City, New York, United States |conviction = [[Bank robbery]] |conviction_penalty = 20 years imprisonment, served five years. |conviction_status = Deceased |spouse = [[Carmen Bifulco]] (divorced; 2 children), [[Elizabeth Debbie Eden]]}} '''John Stanley Wojtowicz''' (March 9, 1945 - January 2, 2006) was an [[Americans|American]] bank [[robber]]. He was born in [[New York City]] to [[Poles|Polish]] [[immigrant]]s. [[Dog Day Afternoon]] is based on a robbery he did in New York City in 1972..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/021/000093739|title=John Wojtowicz in the Notable Names Database|publisher=Soylent Communications|accessdate=2007-10-03}}</ref> Three [[documentaries]] have been made about him. Wojtowicz died of [[cancer]] on January 2, 2006 at his mother's home in New York City. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wojtowicz, John}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2006 deaths]] [[Category:American robbers]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}