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Roy Cohn
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 59
Also known asRoy M. CohnGenderMaleNationalityIsraelBorn20/02/1927Born inNew York City, USADied02/08/1986Died inBethesdaCausedeath from AIDS-related complicationsWikidataQ942923Buried atUnion Field CemeteryTMDb#1921133

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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Filmography5 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold WarSeriesSelf - Chief Counsel for Senator Joseph McCarthy (archive footage)97
2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. TrumpMovieSelf (archive footage)97
2017Get Me Roger StoneMovieSelf (archive footage)90
2005Good Night, and Good Luck.MovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)78
1964Point of Order!MovieSelf37