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Roy Cohn was an American lawyer and prosecutor who rose to fame as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings. He died in 1986 from AIDS-related complications, after being disbarred for unethical conduct and representing Donald Trump.
Jun 18, 2020 · Roy Cohn died in 1986 of AIDS complications, after denying his diagnosis for years. He was a controversial figure in politics and gay rights, known for his role in the McCarthy era and his friendship with Donald Trump.
Aug 3, 1986 · Roy Marcus Cohn, revered and reviled ever since he served as Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s chief inquisitor in the bitter hunt for communists in the l950s, died Saturday of complications stemming...
Aug 3, 1986 · Roy M. Cohn, the flamboyant, controversial defense lawyer who was chief counsel to Joseph R. McCarthy's Senate investigations in the 1950's into Communist influence in American life, died yesterday...
Jun 17, 2020 · What inspired you to return to your grandparents’ story now and consider Roy Cohn through a broader lens? The simple answer is Donald Trump.
Sep 16, 2019 · Roy Cohn was a lawyer, a McCarthyite, a Trump mentor, and a closeted gay man who died of AIDS in 1986. Two documentaries, Where's My Roy Cohn? and Bully. Coward. Victim., examine his controversial career and its impact on American history.
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Jun 18, 2020 · He died later that year. Ivy Meeropol remembers visiting the AIDS Quilt on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in 1987. The first panel she saw was for Cohn. On it were the words “Bully....