“I'm not an educated man, but I've read some history. Every kingdom comes up bloody. Every castle is built on a pile of bones. When I came out here, LA was nothing. Back east I was a gangster, out here I'm god.”
Quote by Mickey Cohen
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Mickey Cohen
Mickey Cohen, born on September 4, 1913, and died on July 29, 1976, was a notorious gangster. During the 1940s to 1960s, he established a powerful criminal empire in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, involved in various illegal activities such as gambling, drug trafficking, and illegal arms dealing. more
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