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  1. George Kelly Barnes (July 17, 1900 – July 18, 1954), 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.

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and crimes of Machine Gun Kelly, a bootlegger, bank robber and kidnapper who was active in the 1920s and 1930s. Find out how he got his nickname, who he kidnapped, and where he died in prison.

  3. Learn about the notorious gangster who kidnapped a wealthy oil magnate in 1933 and earned the nickname \"Machine Gun\" Kelly. Read how the FBI coordinated a multi-state investigation and tracked down the criminals across the country.

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  4. Aug 16, 2021 · 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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  5. 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 GunKelly not long after his capture in Memphis in 1933.

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  7. George Kelly Barnes, 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. He is best known for the kidnapping of oil tycoon and businessman Charles F. Urschel in July 1933, from which he and ...

  8. “My family are good people. Only I turned out to be a heel.” — Machine Gun Kelly to Alcatraz Warden James A. Johnston. George Kelly Barnes, better known as “Machine GunKelly, was a notorious Prohibition -era criminal whose crimes included bootlegging, armed robbery, and, most prominently, kidnapping.

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