Deaths
- Walter Stevens, Chicago gangster involved in labor slugging
- January 28 - Louis Cohen, government witness
- January 28 - Isadore Friedman, government witness
- January 29 - George Weinberg, government informant and former associate of Dutch Schultz
- April 28 - Abraham "Whitey" Friedman, Murder, Inc. victim
- May 10 - Tootsie Fienstein, associate of Louis Buchalter
- May 25 - Morris Diamond, New York Teamsters Union President
- September 6 - Irving Feinstein "Puggy", New York racketeer
Read more about this topic: 1939 In Organized Crime
Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)
“On almost the incendiary eve
Of deaths and entrances ...”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)