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Mickey Cohen: New York, its like being a rat in a maze, everyone living on top of each other, but out here, I can breathe. I love Los Angeles.

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Mickey Cohen
Age: 62 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 4
Died: 1976
Died: July 29
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