Friday, May 05, 2006

Morris Kessler


Morris Kessler was the chauffeur and bodyguard of Jewish mobster Joseph Amberg. On Sept.30,1935, Kessler and Amberg were lined up against the wall of a Brownsville, Brooklyn auto repair shop and machine-gunned to death by a rival gang. Kessler was 23 years old.

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  1. Did anyone ever have a successful life in the mob?

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  2. YES, Meyer Lansky. Reportedly the inspiration for the character Hyman Roth in the Godfather, Meyer never served a day in jail, livrd along life and died of natural causes, in Miami Beach.

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