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Cohen crime family was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 10 October 2023 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Los Angeles crime family. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

List of Cohen crime family members was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 30 September 2023 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Los Angeles crime family. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

LA family defunct or new boss

Since it says that Tommy Gambino is no longer boss of the family, who replaced him? Please tell me if the family is still active or defunct. Battlesnake1 (talk) 01:59, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They're called charges. Whoever wrote this is illiterate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.89.77.110 (talk) 15:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Makes no sense

Under the section titled Current Membership, it states under the first bullet point that Milano is the current acting boss of the family. The bullet ends with the statement that Milano died in 2012. So, um...how can he still be the acting leader? --Rathyrye 23:24, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Is Alyssa Milano the new boss? Because that would answer the question. Who's the Boss? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.173.62.240 (talk) 06:21, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Did Bugsy Siegel really make Dragna crawl on all fours and bark like a dog?

Like in the movie Bugsy? My goodness. Seems Luciano, Siegel, Lansky, et al really ran LA, and just liked to have this LA family out there to take heat from authorities or something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:204:C702:94B0:5B4:1EE2:C44F:D7B2 (talk) 18:33, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Mickey Cohen

Why does it say the family was led by Mickey Cohen and reached its peak under Mickey Cohen but in the rival section it says “Cohen crime family.” They’re two completely different criminal organizations. Cohen never led the Los Angeles Mob, it has always been run by Italians and always will be until it goes defunct entirely. RelatedToMarioPrayer (talk) 08:47, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for bringing this up. Corrected. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 16:34, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

👍 Just want the best for Wikipedia and accurate information. RelatedToMarioPrayer (talk) 06:20, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]