What's the meaning of "malign star"
It's a docu film about Frank Sinatra's mafia background.
When mentioning the Italian mafia in a small city of US, the narrator said:
“Its malign star was Al Capone.”

Question

What's the meaning of "malign star" 
It's a docu film about Frank Sinatra's mafia background. 
When mentioning the Italian mafia in a small city of US, the narrator said:
“Its malign star was Al Capone.”

Answer

Some people believe that stars influence human behavior. A malign star is an evil star.

Another way to express the idea in the sentence would be:

Its evil influence was Al Capone.

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Famous people with evil mind.

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Al Capone was an evil mafiosi  and was responsible for the deaths of many  people, but to others he was a hero or a star.

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It's seems to me that bad person can't be a star///that's why great badman is a  malign star

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