Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen was a short, violent Jewish gangster in Los Angeles in the forties and fifties. He is portrayed by Sean Penn in the film Gangster Squad. Cohen was born Sept. 4,1913 in Brooklyn and died July 29, 1976. He was an intimidating ex prize fighter who was totally ruthless. But, he had that candid, crazy personality that attracted a huge following of people.
He hung out with Frank Sinatra and Lana Turner and employed Johnny Stompanato, Lana's boy toy, as a bodyguard. Not a very good one either. Lana's daughter stabbed him to death so the story goes.Sean Connery (James Bond) once knocked out Stompanato who was having a fit of jealousy.
Check this out at Biography.com. Love these real life mob guys.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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