Sonny Liston

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  1. Merde Tete

    Merde Tete Well-Known Member

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    It would make a good movie. Seemed odd his wife visiting her mother for two weeks without him. That said I'm not a massive fan of my mother in law either :D
     
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    Very interesting article MT. Thanks for posting it. Mob involvement could well be relevant in
    his unfortunate death. When the Krays were in their pomp in the East End, Ronnie went to the States to see if he could strike a partnership deal with the Mob to jointly control the West End of London.

    One of the Krays friends was World Light Heavyweight boxer Freddie Mills. He got into financial
    difficulties and to get funds to keep his Nite Spot Club open he apparently approached a Mob
    representative in London and threatened to spill the beans over their activities unless they gave
    him some money.

    It was not unusual for him to go outside for a kip in his car before the Club got busy, but when he failed to return, he was found dead with a single gunshot wound to his eye and a gun resting against his knee.

    A verdict of suicide was eventually returned, but in the documentary I recently watched on TV, the son
    of the Mob member admitted to a relative of Mills, that his father had probably ordered the boxers assassination simply because he was a threat who simply knew too much. Chilling.
     
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    There is a very good book about his death. Read it a year or so ago.
     
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    Having read the article, I shall definitely seek out the film and book. Thanks for the heads up.
     
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    I saw that, but I'm not totally convinced that Meyer Lansky would have personally murdered Mills as the programme suggested. It seems highly unlikely that the Mafia's top dog would have risked shooting a foreign national in his own backyard with a fairground rifle.
     
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