Louis Buchalter
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 80 years ago |
Date of birth | February 6,1897 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Lower East Side |
New York City | |
New York | |
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Date of died | March 4,1944 |
Died | Sing Sing Correctional Facility |
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New York | |
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Place of burial | Mount Hebron Cemetery, New York City, New York, United States |
Known for | Jewish-American organized crime |
Children | 1 adopted (Betty's child from previous marriage) |
Job | Criminal |
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ID | 458658 |
Louis Buchalter Life story
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter was a Jewish-American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. Buchalter was one of the premier labor racketeers in New York City during that era. To date, Buchalter is the only American mob boss to receive the death penalty after being convicted of murder.