https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/arts/music/mario-maglieri-dead-ran-whisky-a-go-go.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries
Mario Mikeal Maglieri was born on Feb. 7, 1924, in Sepino, Italy, to Alfonso and Christina Maglieri. The family moved to Chicago, where his father opened a nightclub, when Mario was 4 years old.
As a teenager, he drove a beer truck. He later served in the Army and took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Back in Chicago, he got jobs as a court bailiff and nightclub manager before opening his own clubs.