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Machine Gun Kelly was an American bootlegger, bank robber and kidnapper who made headlines in the 1930s.
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Play NowMachine Gun Kelly. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 02:18, Jun 18, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/machine-gun-kelly-507610.
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Machine Gun Kelly was a bootlegger, small-time bank robber and kidnapper who ranged through Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s. Abetted by his wife, Kathryn, whom he married in 1927, he joined gangs whose exploits won press headlines. Much of his life was spent in prison (1925, 1930–31, 1933 until death); he died at the federal penitentiary at Alcatraz© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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