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Harry Grey

Russian Jewish-American criminal · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1901 to 1980 · aged 78

Herschel Goldberg, better known as Harry Grey, was a Russian Jewish-American criminal and writer. His first book, The Hoods (1952), was the model for the 1984 film Once Upon a Time in America by Sergio Leone, where his part was played by Robert De Niro.

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The memoir - partially factual, and partially fictional - was written when Goldberg was incarcerated at Sing-Sing.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1980 · aged 78

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