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Allen Melnick Dorfman[ 2] (January 6, 1923 – January 20, 1983) was an American insurance agency owner and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. He was a close associate of longtime IBT President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with organized crime via the Chicago Outfit.
Jan 17, 2023 · Allen Dorfman, an insurance salesman with close ties to the Chicago mob, was gunned down outside the old Purple Hyatt Hotel in Lincolnwood in broad daylight on Jan. 20, 1983.
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Allen Dorfman, an insurance salesman with close ties to the Chicago mob – was gunned down outside the old Purple Hyatt Hotel in Lincolnwood in broad daylight...
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Sep 6, 2021 · 60-year-old Allen Dorfman was a millionaire insurance executive and a middleman between the Teamsters' top union leaders and Chicago’s mob bosses. He lived a life in the world of crime and knew...
Jan 21, 1983 · Allen Dorfman, who died in a hail of bullets in Chicago, was a financier for the Teamsters Union, a union with a long history of links to organized crime. Dorfman, sentenced to spend the rest of...
Jan 17, 2023 · Allen Dorfman, an insurance salesman with close ties to the Chicago mob, was gunned down outside the old Purple Hyatt Hotel in Lincolnwood in broad daylight on Jan. 20, 1983, 40 years ago this ...
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In these stories from Jan. 20, 1983, CBS 2's Phil Walters reports on the murder of Allen Dorfman and the crime scene outside the Purple Hyatt in Lincolnwood, while CBS 2's John Drummond reports...
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