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Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen (September 4, 1914 – July 29, 1976) was an American gangster, boxer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles and boss of the Cohen crime family during the mid-20th century.
Apr 29, 2024 · The Story Of Mickey Cohen, The Celebrity Gangster Who Ruled 1950s Los Angeles. By Wyatt Redd | Edited By John Kuroski. Published April 29, 2024. Updated May 7, 2024. Mickey Cohen succeeded Bugsy Siegel as the leader of L.A.'s criminal underground in the mid 1900s — and became a celebrity in the process. When you think of organized crime in ...
Nov 28, 2023 · Mickey Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Los Angeles. After a troubled childhood, Cohen's first connections with top Jewish and Italian mobsters came during his teenage years ...
Oct 12, 2015 · Mickey Cohen was the mob king of Los Angeles, the Jewish gangster who once ran the Hollywood underworld. Renowned for his violent temper and tabloid exploits, he was one of the premier gangsters on the West Coast, and worked with such high-profile names as Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and Al Capone.
Mickey Cohen. Born: September 4, 1913, Brooklyn, New York. Died: July 29, 1976, Los Angeles. Nickname: Irish Mickey, Gangster Mickey. Associates: Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, Meyer Lansky, the Outfit, Jack Dragna, Candy Barr, Johnny Stompanato. Like so many American mobsters, Meyer Harris Cohen started out hustling newspapers on the streets of ...
LIFE.com offers a series of photos -- most of which never ran in LIFE -- featuring Mickey Cohen, the legendary L.A. mobster.
Cohen was released in 1972 and quickly made headlines for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Patty Hearst. Cohen was never officially tied to the crime and eventually passed away at the age of 62 from stomach cancer.
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