Palm Island childhood · Al Capone neighbor

Byrd grew up on Palm Island, Miami Beach — crossing a bridge from the MacArthur Causeway and living across the street from Al Capone.

Poster Child recounts Palm Island and earlier Hibiscus Island life among deco houses and show-business glamour.

He remembered Capone’s funeral mobsters and touring Capone’s Italianate house with its mirrored bathroom escape tunnel to a Chris-Craft speedboat.

Lou Walters’s Latin Quarter and Barbara Walters’s childhood home sat on the same island chain.

Chapter placement: Poster Child · Miami Beach (1940s–1950s). This internal article expands the timeline card so “Read full article” never dead-ends on a teaser.

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Sources used for this article: Poster Child ch. Miami Beach (p. 24); Wikipedia.

For magazine and trade obituaries covering the full career arc and February 3, 2025 Albuquerque death, open the imported Press articles (Playbill, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, Ultimate Classic Rock, Amsel tribute, NYT record).