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All good things must one day be burnt to the ground for the insurance money.

Mickey Cohen

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Mickey Cohen
Age: 62 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 4
Died: 1976
Died: July 29
Boxer
Criminal
Gangster
Brooklyn
New York
Things
Burnt
Insurance
Ground
Money
Must
Good

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