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George Kelly Barnes (July 17, 1900 [1] [2] – July 18, 1954), [3] better known by his nickname " Machine Gun Kelly ", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun.
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Machine Gun Kelly was an American bootlegger, bank robber and kidnapper who made headlines in the 1930s. He was sentenced to life in prison along with wife Kathryn Kelly in...
A 1933 mug shot of Kathryn Kelly, wife of gangster George "Machine Gun" Kelly, from the Oklahoma City Police Department.
Apr 24, 2018 · Updated June 13, 2018. Prohibition-era gangster George "Machine Gun" Kelly pulled off one of American history's most infamous crimes and thought he got away with it. Then his victim got revenge. Wikimedia Commons George “Machine Gun” Kelly not long after his capture in Memphis in 1933.
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Aug 16, 2021 · A fatal heart issue. Shutterstock. A few years later, Machine Gun Kelly died in July 1954. His cause of death: heart attack. Though he had famously proclaimed that he'd be out of prison by Christmas when he spent his first few months there, he eventually realized it was the end of the road.
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Feb 19, 2024 · Machine Gun Kelly, born George Kelly Barnes on July 18, 1895, was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, during the Prohibition era. Image: Picture of Kathryn (left) and George Kelly (right) being sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the Urschel kidnapping.
Jul 10, 2017 · Here’s the real story of Machine Gun Kelly, the Memphis boy who grew up to become Public Enemy Number One. Memphis Days. The gangster era brings to mind today frightening scenes of smoke-filled speakeasies, blazing machine guns, gangland massacres, and hoodlums like Baby Face Nelson, John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Al Capone.
