Flukey Stokes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFlukey Stokes
American mobster
Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1937
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 19-Nov-1986
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Flukey Stokes
- Willie Morris "Flukey" Stokes (December 12, 1937 – November 19, 1986) was an American reputed mobster from Chicago, Illinois.
- Stokes was from the South Side and well known for his silk suits, diamond rings, and flamboyant lifestyle as a drug trafficking kingpin and pool hall owner.
- Stokes immortalized himself in Chicago by throwing a US$200,000 party on his 30th wedding anniversary in 1985 and for the decadent funeral he arranged for his murdered 28-year-old son, Willie "the Wimp" Stokes, Jr.
- in February 1984.
- The elder Stokes had his son buried in a Cadillac-style coffin with $100 bills stuffed between his diamond ring-laden fingers.
- Two years later in November 1986, Flukey would also be murdered, along with his chauffeur, sitting inside a 1986 Cadillac limousine while talking on his wireless telephone.
- Stokes was 48 years old.
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