How Al Capone Died. What happened to al capone’s wealth? Al capone’s son—aka “sonny”—later moved to northern california and concealed his true identity.

At the age of 48 the big shot suffered from a stroke but managed to improve from it ( this was just 4 days after he celebrated his 48 th birthday ). The next day, he suffered from cardiac arrest. Capone died aged 48 in 1947, riddled by syphillis, without any known will or inheritance.