James Riddle Hoffa American labor leader Date of Birth: 14.02.1913 Country: USA

Biography of James Riddle Hoffa

James Riddle Hoffa (exact date of death unknown, presumed to be July-August 1975; officially declared dead in 1982) was an American labor union leader who mysteriously disappeared. His disappearance gave rise to numerous rumors. One persistent rumor, widely circulated in the media, claims that he was buried beneath the infamous ten-yard line at the Kerry Bradshaw Stadium.

In 1964, Hoffa was found guilty of attempting to bribe a juror and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Over the next three years, he unsuccessfully tried to overturn his conviction, but in 1967, he began serving his sentence. On December 23, 1971, Hoffa was released from prison after President Richard Nixon commuted his sentence to time served, with the condition that Hoffa would not engage in union activities for 10 years.

Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975, after 2:45 pm. He was last seen in the parking lot of a restaurant in the suburbs of Detroit. Some facts from Hoffa's biography were used in the film "Fist" (1978), in which Sylvester Stallone portrayed a labor union leader.

James Hoffa served as the prototype for the main character in the Soviet film "Rafferty" (1980), based on the novel of the same name by Lionel White. The role of the union boss was played by the famous Soviet actor Oleg Borisov. "Hoffa" (1992), a film directed by Danny DeVito, tells the story of labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa, with Jack Nicholson portraying Hoffa.

In the first episode of the second season of the TV series "Third Watch," police officers search for a missing man on an empty lot. The group of police officers discovers the body of a woman wrapped in plastic. Officer Sullivan, as he leaves, tells Officer Boscarelli, "Dig around here, maybe you'll find Jimmy Hoffa." In the 2003 comedy "Bruce Almighty," the character played by Jim Carrey, who is endowed with divine powers, makes a police dog find Hoffa's body in a park.

In James Cameron's film "Titanic," during a scene where Brock Lovett talks to his partners on the phone and says that the diamond was not found in the safe, Hoffa's name is mentioned. When Lovett says that there are still many places to look for it ("in the trash on the floor, in the purser's safe"), his assistant standing nearby says, "in Jimmy Hoffa's briefcase," ironically alluding to the likelihood of finding the diamond there.

In the fourth episode of the sixth season of "The Sopranos," a surgeon performing an operation on the main character looks into the abdominal cavity and exclaims, "Oh my God! I found Jimmy Hoffa," followed by laughter from other medical workers. This is likely a commentary on the illegal nature of Tony Soprano's profession and his connection to labor unions.

In the seventh episode of the TV series "Fringe," Walter mentions that he was tasked with investigating Jimmy Hoffa's death, but during the experiments, the deceased's brain "turned into scrambled eggs."