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Feb. 6, 1950, was shaping up to be a characteristically brisk late-winter day in Los Angeles. But something about it didn't smell right to Mickey Cohen, the former boxer-turned-feared local mobster.

Aug. 2, 1949: “Mobster Mickey Cohen, yellow pajamas flapping and pistol in hand, sprang from his bed ... when an explosion rocked his West Los Angeles neighborhood,” The Times reported. In a driveway ...

First... a story from Aric Allen. The notorious gangster Mickey Cohen was based in Los Angeles during his heyday and had a number of rivals. He survived nearly a ...

Bombs, machine guns and a lead pipe – tough guys tried the lot on gangster Mickey Cohen but they could not kill him. The tricky crime boss survived working for Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel before dying ...

Mickey Cohen — seen in The Times in August 1949 — was one of the legendary members of the West Coast mob. (Los Angeles Times archive) Quick, now: When you think of bootleggers, blackmailers, gunsels ...

Hollywood Gangster, Mickey Cohen, knew, and worked with, all the major underworld players, from Bugsy Siegel to Lucky Luciano to Meyer Lansky. He also crossed paths with Jack Ruby and was involved ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In the 1940s and ‘50s, Los Angeles was home to a remarkably high-profile ...

Mike Wallace, who took fire on Manhattan television this season as a taboo-smashing interviewer (TIME, Jan. 7), had been trying for three weeks to strike similarly bright sparks with his new ABC ...