1949-1993. Drug dealer to end all drug dealers. It's been said that if you did cocaine in the 80's, chances are you got it from this guy ultimately. Forbes magazine ranked him as the 7th richest person in the world in 1989. He had a 'Robin Hood' image among many of his fellow Colombians, fostered by his building of churches and homes for the poor. He'd just as generously have you filled with bullets, or do it himself, should you have wronged him in any way.
An all-out man hunt costing hundreds of millions of dollars led by the U.S. caught up with him on a Medellin rooftop on December 2, 1993, and he caught a bullet in his left ear.