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Waxey Gordon (born Irving Wexler; January 19, 1888 – June 24, 1952) was an American gangster who specialized in bootlegging and illegal gambling. An associate of Arnold Rothstein during prohibition, he was caught up in a power struggle following Rothstein's death.
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Waxey Gordon (played by Nick Sandow) is a Philadelphia crime boss and bootlegger. He is based on the historical figure of the same name. Gordon has an eight year business relationship with Manny Horvitz. Horvitz is the boss of the Jew Town neighborhood in Philadelphia. Gordon has alienated Manny...
12 mar 2024 · WAXEY GORDON: il BOSS TRADITO dalla MAFIA - Mafia e Proibizionismo #15 - YouTube. Storie di Mafia. 4.48K subscribers. Subscribed. 55. 1.3K views 2 weeks ago #luckyluciano #mafia #truecrime....
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23 dic 2023 · From a lowly pickpocket in the days of the horse and carriage, to one of the Prohibition Era's biggest bootleggers and finally a drug kingpin in the jet age;...
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29 nov 2019 · by Owen Forsyth | Nov 29, 2019 | Ally, Enemy, New Jersey, New York, Notorious, Prohibition. Irving Wexler better known as Waxey Gordon was born to Polish – Jewish Immigrants in 1888, he grew up to become an infamous Prohibition Era gangster who specialized in bootlegging, illegal gambling and in later years, narcotics.
by Allan May. Waxey Gordon led a life of crime during a very long life. Busted for pickpocketing at age 18, he became a major East Coast bootlegger during Prohibition and the head of a heroin ring following World War II when he was in his 60s.
Dubbed ‘one of the Prohibition era’s most sinister underworld figures,’ Waxey Gordon spent decades as a thief, gangster, tax cheat, and bootlegger before dying in prison. by. Allan Levine....
