Arnold Rothstein
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Arnold Rothstein was a notorious early 20th-century American mobster and gambling kingpin widely believed to have orchestrated the 1919 World Series fixing scandal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arnold Rothstein canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3362293 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Arnold Rothstein Context triple: [Meyer Wolfsheim, basedOn, Arnold Rothstein]
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Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz was a notorious Prohibition-era American mobster and bootlegger who became a prominent figure in organized crime before his murder in 1935.
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Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky was a major American organized crime figure and financial mastermind who helped build the National Crime Syndicate and modernize the mob’s gambling operations.
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Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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Big Jim Colosimo
Big Jim Colosimo was an early 20th-century Chicago crime boss who built a powerful vice empire and helped lay the groundwork for the city’s later organized crime syndicates.
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E.
Al Capone
Al Capone was a notorious American gangster and crime boss of the Prohibition era, best known for leading the Chicago Outfit and becoming an enduring symbol of organized crime in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Arnold Rothstein Target entity description: Arnold Rothstein was a notorious early 20th-century American mobster and gambling kingpin widely believed to have orchestrated the 1919 World Series fixing scandal.
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A.
Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz was a notorious Prohibition-era American mobster and bootlegger who became a prominent figure in organized crime before his murder in 1935.
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B.
Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky was a major American organized crime figure and financial mastermind who helped build the National Crime Syndicate and modernize the mob’s gambling operations.
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C.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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D.
Big Jim Colosimo
Big Jim Colosimo was an early 20th-century Chicago crime boss who built a powerful vice empire and helped lay the groundwork for the city’s later organized crime syndicates.
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E.
Al Capone
Al Capone was a notorious American gangster and crime boss of the Prohibition era, best known for leading the Chicago Outfit and becoming an enduring symbol of organized crime in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime boss
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gambler ⓘ human ⓘ mobster ⓘ organized crime figure ⓘ racketeer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Manhattan gambling scene
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New York City underworld ⓘ |
| allegedlyInvolvedIn |
1919 World Series fixing scandal
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1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
surface form:
Black Sox Scandal
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| birthDate | 1882-01-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Manhattan
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New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| burialPlace |
Queens
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Union Field Cemetery ⓘ |
| businessInterest |
bookmaking
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bootlegging ⓘ illegal casinos ⓘ loan sharking ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
gunshot wound
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homicide ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| deathDate | 1928-11-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Manhattan
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New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| education | left school at an early age ⓘ |
| era | Prohibition era ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| father | Abraham Rothstein ⓘ |
| fullName | Arnold Rothstein self-link ⓘ |
| influenced |
Frank Costello
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Lucky Luciano ⓘ Meyer Lansky ⓘ |
| knownFor |
financing bootlegging operations
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fixing sporting events ⓘ large-scale illegal gambling operations ⓘ mentoring future crime bosses ⓘ |
| mediaDepiction |
inspiration for Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby
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portrayed in the television series Boardwalk Empire ⓘ |
| mother | Esther Rothstein ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname |
A.R.
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The Brain ⓘ |
| notableEvent | shot at Park Central Hotel in Manhattan in 1928 ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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crime boss ⓘ gambler ⓘ racketeer ⓘ |
| parentOccupation | father was a successful businessman ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Carolyn Green
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Carolyn Rothstein ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Arnold Rothstein Description of subject: Arnold Rothstein was a notorious early 20th-century American mobster and gambling kingpin widely believed to have orchestrated the 1919 World Series fixing scandal.
Referenced by (9)
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