Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen (September 4, 1913 – July 29, 1976) was an American
gangster
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, boxer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles during the mid-20th century.
Early life
Mickey Cohen was born on September 4, 1913, in
New York City
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to Jewish parents. Cohen's parents immigrated to the USA from
Kyiv
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Kyi ...
. He was first raised in New York City, moving with his mother and siblings to the
Boyle Heights neighborhood of
Los Angeles
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at an early age. At 8, he earned money as a
newsboy, selling newspapers on the street.
One of his brothers, either Louie or Harry, would drop Mickey off at his regular corner, Soto and Brooklyn Streets (now
Cesar E. Chavez Avenue). In 1922, Mickey was sent to
reform school
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In the United Kingdom and its colonies reformatories commonly called reform schools were set up from 1854 onwards for youngsters who wer ...
for petty crimes including shoplifting and theft.
Boxing career
As a teenager, Cohen began boxing in illegal prizefights in Los Angeles. In 1929, the 15-year-old moved from Los Angeles to
Cleveland
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to train as a professional boxer with the alias of 'Irish Mickey Cohen'. His first professional boxing match was on April 8, 1930, against Patsy Farr in Cleveland. It was one of the preliminary fights on the card for the Paul Pirrone versus
Jimmy Goodrich feature bout. In a match on June 12, 1931, Cohen fought and lost against future
world featherweight champion Tommy Paul
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. Cohen was knocked out cold after 2:20 into the first round. It was during this round he earned the moniker "Gangster Mickey Cohen". On April 11, 1933, Cohen fought against
Chalky Wright
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in Los Angeles. Wright won the match, and Mickey was incorrectly identified as "Mickey Cohen from
Denver, Colorado
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" in the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' sports page report. His last fight was on May 14, 1933, against
Baby Arizmendi
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in
. He finished his career at 8-8 and 5 draws – 8 wins, 2 by knockout, 8 losses, 4 losses by knockout and 5 draws.
Criminal career
In Cleveland, Cohen met
Lou Rothkopf Lou may refer to:
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, an associate of gangster
Moe Dalitz
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. Cohen later moved to New York, where he became an associate of labor racketeer
Johnny Dio
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's brother, Tommy Dioguardi, and as well as
Owney Madden
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.
Prohibition and the Chicago Outfit
During
Prohibition
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, Cohen moved to Chicago and became involved in
organized crime
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, working as an enforcer for the
Chicago Outfit
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, where he briefly met
Al Capone. During this period, Cohen was arrested for his role in the deaths of several gangsters in a card game.
After a brief time in prison, Cohen was released and began running card games and other illegal gambling operations. He later became an associate of Capone's younger brother, Mattie Capone. While working for
Jake Guzik
Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik (March 20, 1886 – February 21, 1956) was the financial and legal advisor, and later political " greaser," for the Chicago Outfit.
Early life
Guzik was born near Kraków, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hu ...
, Cohen was forced to flee Chicago after an argument with a rival gambler.
In
Cleveland
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, Cohen worked once more for Lou Rothkopf, an associate of
Meyer Lansky
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and
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. However, there was little work available for Cohen in Cleveland, so Lansky and Rothkopf arranged for Cohen to work with Siegel in Los Angeles.
From syndicate bodyguard to Sunset Strip kingpin
In 1939, Cohen arrived in Los Angeles to work under Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. During their association, Cohen helped set up the
Flamingo Hotel
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The property includes a casino along with 3,4 ...
in
Las Vegas
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and ran its
sports book
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operation. He also was instrumental in setting up the race wire, which was essential to Vegas betting. During this time, Cohen met prostitute Lavonne Weaver (working alias Simoni King), and the couple married in 1940.
In 1947, the crime families ordered the murder of Siegel due to his mismanagement of the Flamingo Hotel Casino, most likely because Siegel or his girlfriend
Virginia Hill
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was
skimming money. According to one account which does not appear in newspapers, Cohen reacted violently to Siegel's murder. Entering the
Hotel Roosevelt
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, where he believed the killers were staying, Cohen fired rounds from his two .45 caliber semi-automatic handguns into the lobby ceiling and demanded that the assassins meet him outside in 10 minutes. However, no one appeared, and Cohen was forced to flee when the police arrived.
Cohen's violent methods came to the attention of state and federal authorities investigating
Jack Dragna
Jack Ignatius Dragna (born Ignazio Dragna, ; April 18, 1891 – February 23, 1956) was an American Mafia member and Black Hander who was active in both Italy and the United States in the 20th century. He was active in bootlegging in Californ ...
's operations. During this time, Cohen faced many attempts on his life, including the bombing of his home on posh Moreno Avenue in
Brentwood. Cohen soon converted his house into a fortress, installing floodlights, alarm systems, and a well-equipped arsenal kept, as he often joked, next to his 200 tailor-made suits. Cohen briefly hired
Johnny Stompanato as bodyguard. However, in 1958 Stompanato was
killed in self-defense by
Cheryl Crane
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, the daughter of actress
Lana Turner
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(whom he had been dating). Cohen covered the expense for Stompanato's funeral and then gave Turner's love letters to Stompanato to the press in an attempt to discredit the worst allegations of threats and violence that Crane had alleged she suffered at the hands of the violent, womanizing Stompanato.
Later years
In 1950, Cohen was investigated along with many other underworld figures by a
U.S. Senate
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The composition and pow ...
committee known as the
Kefauver Commission. As a result of this investigation, Cohen was convicted of
tax evasion
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in June 1951 and sentenced to prison for four years.
Ben Hecht stated in his autobiography, ''A Child of the Century'', that Cohen called him to say he wanted to do his part in helping Hecht raise money to support
Menachem Begin's
Irgun
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in its activities. Cohen called together a parlor meeting of business associates and had Hecht address them on the importance of the cause. Each person was then asked to call out a sum he would donate. In some cases, Cohen told a donor "that's not enough," and they upped the pledge. Later, when Cohen was arrested, he called Hecht from prison to ask if he had access to some cash to help with his bail. When Hecht apologized, Cohen politely said goodbye, and they never spoke again.
When he was released in October 1955, he became an international celebrity. He ran floral shops, paint stores, nightclubs, casinos, gas stations, a men's
haberdashery
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, and even drove an ice cream van on
San Vicente Boulevard in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, according to author Richard Lamparski.
In 1957, ''
TIME
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'' magazine wrote a brief article about Cohen's meeting with
Evangelist Billy Graham
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. Cohen said: "I am very high on the Christian way of life. Billy came up, and before we had food he said—What do you call it, that thing they say before food?
Grace
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? Yeah, grace. Then we talked a lot about Christianity and stuff." Allegedly when Cohen did not change his lifestyle, he was confronted by Christian acquaintances. His response: "Christian football players, Christian cowboys, Christian politicians; why not a Christian gangster?"
In 1961, Cohen was again convicted of tax evasion and sent to
Alcatraz
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. He was the only prisoner ever bailed out of Alcatraz; his bond was signed by
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. After his appeals failed, Cohen was sent to a federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia. His heavily armored
Cadillac from this period was confiscated by the
Los Angeles Police Department
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and is now on display at the
Southward Car Museum in
New Zealand
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. On August 14, 1963, during his time at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, inmate Burl Estes McDonald attempted to kill Cohen with a lead pipe. In 1972, Cohen was released from the
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, where he had spoken out against
prison abuse. He had been misdiagnosed with an
ulcer
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, which turned out to be
stomach cancer. After undergoing surgery, he continued touring the United States and made television appearances, once with
Ramsey Clark
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.
Death
Cohen died at age 62, of complications from stomach cancer surgery in July 1976.
He is interred in
Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in
Culver City, California.
In popular culture and media
Films
*In the film ''
Bugsy'' (1991), Mickey Cohen is portrayed by actor
Harvey Keitel
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. Keitel received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
*In the film ''
L.A. Confidential'' (1997), based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel, Mickey Cohen is portrayed by actor
Paul Guilfoyle
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in a bit part but is a major influence throughout the rest of the movie.
*In the film ''
Gangster Squad'' (2013), Cohen is portrayed by actor
Sean Penn
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Penn began his acting career in televisi ...
and is the main antagonist of the film, portrayed as a sadistic and cruel man who enjoys murder and intends to expand his criminal enterprises to other major cities in the United States. The film shows a fictionalized version of Cohen's downfall: Cohen is beaten in a fistfight and arrested by the LAPD for murdering one of his subordinates, when he was actually imprisoned for tax evasion. Also, he is sentenced to life imprisonment, when in real life, Cohen was eventually released from custody and died of stomach cancer. It was also implied at the end of the film that Cohen was beaten to death with a lead pipe when he was sent to Alcatraz by acquaintances of the man he killed.
*In the film ''
The Lincoln Lawyer
''The Lincoln Lawyer'' is a 2005 novel, the 16th by American crime writer Michael Connelly. It introduces Los Angeles attorney Mickey Haller, half-brother of Connelly's mainstay character Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch.
It was adapted as ...
'' (2011), the protagonist, Michael Haller, played by actor
Matthew McConaughey
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, owns a pistol said to have been owned by Mickey Cohen, and given to him by Haller's father after he successfully defended Cohen in a murder case.
Games
*
Patrick Fischler lends his voice and likeness to play Mickey Cohen in the 2011 video game ''
L.A. Noire
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'' (set in 1947), who is involved in a few cases while working the Vice desk.
Literature
*In
James Ellroy
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's
L.A. Quartet book series, Cohen plays a major supporting role in three of the novels: ''
The Big Nowhere
''The Big Nowhere'' is a 1988 crime fiction novel by American author James Ellroy, the second of the L.A. Quartet, a series of novels set in 1940s and 1950s Los Angeles.
Plot
The plot centers around three characters: L.A. Deputy Sheriff Danny Up ...
'' (1988), ''
L.A. Confidential'' (1990) and ''
White Jazz
''White Jazz'' is a 1992 crime fiction novel by James Ellroy. It is the fourth in his L.A. Quartet, preceded by '' The Black Dahlia'', ''The Big Nowhere'', and '' L.A. Confidential''. James Ellroy dedicated ''White Jazz'' "TO ''Helen Knode''." ...
'' (1992).
*In retired newspaperman Howard Scott Williams' 2017 memoir ''The Gangster's Butler'', recounting stories he reported on from 1948 to 1976, he recounts posing as a butler for Cohen in order to get information for a story.
Television
* In
Frank Darabont
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's television series ''
Mob City
''Mob City'' is an American neo-noir crime drama television series created by Frank Darabont for TNT. It is based on real-life accounts of the L.A.P.D. and gangsters in 1940s Los Angeles as chronicled in John Buntin's book ''L.A. Noir: The Strug ...
'', Cohen is portrayed by
Jeremy Luke
Jeremy Luke (born March 23, 1977) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Danny in ''Don Jon'' and as Mickey Cohen in the TNT series '' Mob City''.
Early life
Luke was born and raised in Staten Island, New York. He attended the Colleg ...
.
* In the 2022 miniseries ''
The Offer
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'', Cohen is portrayed by
Louis Mandylor
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.
References
Additional sources
*
Davies, Lloyd G., Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–51, questioned police wiretaps on Mickey Cohen
*Kelly, Robert J. ''Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States''. Westport, Connecticut:
Greenwood Press, 2000.
*Phillips, Charles and Alan Axelrod. ''Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists: An International Biographical Dictionary of Law Enforcement''. Updated edition. New York: Checkmark Books, 2000.
*Sifakis, Carl. ''The Mafia Encyclopedia''. New York: Facts on File, 2005.
*Sifakis, Carl. ''The Encyclopedia of American Crime''. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
Further reading
*Ed Clark, "Trouble in Los Angeles", ''
Life
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'', 1950
*Nugent, John Peer. ''Mickey Cohen, In My Own Words: The Underworld Autobiography of Michael Mickey Cohen, As Told To John Peer Nugent'' (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
Prentice-Hall, 1975)
*Kelly, Robert J. ''Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States'' (Westport, Connecticut:
Greenwood Press, 2000)
*Phillips, Charles and Alan Axelrod. ''Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists: An International Biographical Dictionary of Law Enforcement, Updated Edition'' (New York: Checkmark Books, 2000)
*Sifakis, Carl. ''The Mafia Encyclopedia'' (New York: Facts on File, 2005)
*Steve Stevens and Craig Lockwood, ''King of the Sunset Strip: Hangin' With Mickey Cohen and the Hollywood Mob'' (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006)
*F. Murray, "The Charmed Life of M. Cohen", ''Front Page Detective'', 1966, 30(3):44–45, 63.
*Lewis, Brad. ''Hollywood's Celebrity Gangster: The Incredible Life and Times of Mickey Cohen'' (New York: Enigma Books, 2007) , .
*George A. Day, ''JUANITA DALE SLUSHER alias CANDY BARR'' (ERBE Publishing Company, 2008 )
*
United States Treasury Department
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,
Bureau of Narcotics, ''Mafia: The Government's Secret File on Organized Crime'' (
Skyhorse Publishing
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History
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, 2009)
*Tereba, Tere. ''Mickey Cohen: The Life and Crimes of L.A.'s Notorious Mobster'' (
ECW Press, May 1, 2012)
*
* Piper, Michael Collins, "Final judgment: The missing link in the JFK assassination conspiracy" (Wolfe Press 1995)
External links
Benny's Shadow: All about Mickey Cohenby Mark Gribben
*
ttp://www.biography.com/people/mickey-cohen-329432 Biography of Mickey Cohen- Biography.com
''Time'', April 15, 1957*
Beyond 'Gangster Squad': The Real Mickey Cohen by Tere Tereba
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