Jimmy Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975.
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Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and AnalysisJul 30, 2026
Multiple independent reliable sources, including AP and BBC, state that Jimmy Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975, after leaving to meet associates at the Machus Red Fox restaurant near Detroit. The claim matches the passage it was extracted from and departs from it in no way.
What was said
… During his tenure, Hoffa worked with the mob to steal millions of dollars through extortion, racketeering, election fraud, and murder. In 1967, the union boss was convicted of bribery and sentenced to 13 years in prison. He was released in 1971. On July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa had a lunch meeting with known gangsters at a restaurant outside Detroit. While waiting for his associates in a parking lot, a maroon car pulled up. Hoffa got in. He was never seen again. Several conspiracy theories have been floated around about Hoffa's disappearance and the location of his remains. Some believe he's buried under Yankee Stadium. Others claim he changed his identity, fled the country. …
Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP's chronology lists July 30, 1975 as the day Hoffa went to the Machus Red Fox restaurant and was never seen or heard from again.[1]
Supports. BBC reports that Hoffa disappeared on 30 July 1975 after travelling to Michigan to meet the mobster Anthony Provenzano.[2]
Supports. NPR and CBS both date Hoffa's disappearance to July 30, 1975, marking the 50th anniversary in 2025.[3][4]
Supports. Britannica gives July 30, 1975 as the date Hoffa was last seen in the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Events in disappearance of former Teamsters head Jimmy ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Jimmy Hoffa: Deathbed confession sparks long-missing US union ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 3Jimmy Hoffa vanished 50 years ago. The unsolved mystery ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 450 years after Jimmy Hoffa was last seen, his ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Jimmy Hoffa | Death, Son, Disappearance, & Facts | Britannicabritannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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