Mickey Cohen
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Mickey Cohen was a notorious mid-20th-century Los Angeles mobster and former associate of Bugsy Siegel who became a prominent figure in organized crime on the West Coast.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mickey Cohen canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6333218 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mickey Cohen Context triple: [Gangster Squad, mainCharacter, Mickey Cohen]
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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.
Arnold Rothstein
Arnold Rothstein was a notorious early 20th-century American mobster and gambling kingpin widely believed to have orchestrated the 1919 World Series fixing scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mickey Cohen Target entity description: Mickey Cohen was a notorious mid-20th-century Los Angeles mobster and former associate of Bugsy Siegel who became a prominent figure in organized crime on the West Coast.
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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.
Arnold Rothstein
Arnold Rothstein was a notorious early 20th-century American mobster and gambling kingpin widely believed to have orchestrated the 1919 World Series fixing scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mobster ⓘ organized crime figure ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Las Vegas
NERFINISHED
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Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associateOf |
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
NERFINISHED
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Bugsy Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ Meyer Lansky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stomach cancer ⓘ |
| convictedOf | tax evasion ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalCharge | tax evasion ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1913-09-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1976-07-29 ⓘ |
| employer | Bugsy Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
high-profile media presence
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notorious ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Bugsy Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance |
portrayed in films about Los Angeles organized crime
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subject of numerous books on organized crime ⓘ |
| movement |
American Mafia
NERFINISHED
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Jewish mob ⓘ |
| nickname | Mickey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | power struggle in Los Angeles underworld after Bugsy Siegel's death ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Bugsy Siegel
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involvement in West Coast organized crime ⓘ organized crime activities in Los Angeles ⓘ public persona as a celebrity gangster in Los Angeles ⓘ |
| occupation |
boxer
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gangster ⓘ mobster ⓘ racketeer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
bookmaking
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extortion ⓘ illegal gambling operations ⓘ racketeering ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Angeles
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Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mickey Cohen Description of subject: Mickey Cohen was a notorious mid-20th-century Los Angeles mobster and former associate of Bugsy Siegel who became a prominent figure in organized crime on the West Coast.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.