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Roy Cohn
American lawyer
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dead
- born
- 1927
- died
- 1986
- age at death
- 59
- known for
- lawyer, writer, biographer
1927 – 1986

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who roy cohn is
Roy Marcus Cohn was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and conservative political activist. He first gained fame as a prosecutor of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in their trials (1952–1953) and as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Cohn had been assisting McCarthy's investigations of suspected communists. In the 1970s and during the 1980s, he became a prominent legal and political fixer in New York City.
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