• Alex Birns (February 21, 1907 – March 29, 1975), best known as Shondor Birns, was a Jewish-American organized crime figure, racketeer and crime boss from...
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  • murder in 1977. Greene would build a close working relationship with Shondor Birns, as neither of them could become a "made" man in the Italian mob due...
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  • cast, including Stevenson and D'Onofrio, were in attendance as was Shondor Birns' niece. The film received mixed reviews upon its release, with some...
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    criminal rackets. Shondor Birns was a Jewish crime boss, in Cleveland, who controlled numbers, prostitution, theft, and gambling rackets. Birns was active until...
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  • Beach Morning Journal - Nov 7, 1985, Retrieved November 19, 2013 "Alex Shondor Birns, Danny Greene, the top Cleveland mob bosses the Crime Library - the...
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  • family developed ties with important crime figures such as Lansky, Shondor Birns, Moe Dalitz and Tony Accardo, as well as the Chicago Outfit and the...
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  • relationship with Alex "Shondor" Birns also soured after a dispute concerning a loan. Birns and Greene put contracts on each other. Birns was murdered by a...
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  • involved in the illegal gambling operations of mobster and racketeer Shondor Birns, who dominated organized crime in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1940s and...
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    Hewitt 2011 Dark Horse Jackie Todd Solondz Kill the Irishman Alex "Shondor" Birns Jonathan Hensleigh 2012 A Late Quartet Peter Mitchell Yaron Zilberman...
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  • leader, the group also developed ties with important crime figures like Shondor Birns, Meyer Lansky, and Tony Accardo. The family also became allies of the...
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