Owney Madden
Mobster
Died when: 73 years 127 days (880 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Owen Vincent "Owney" Madden (December 18, 1891 – April 24, 1965) was a British-born gangster of Irish ancestry who became a leading underworld figure in New York during Prohibition.
Nicknamed "The Killer", he garnered a brutal reputation within street gangs and organized crime.He ran the Cotton Club in Manhattan and was a leading boxing promoter.
After increased harassment from law enforcement in New York, Madden moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1935, where he remained until his death from natural causes in 1965.
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