Arnold Rothstein

Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 - November 4, 1928) was a New York businessman and gambler chiefly famous for his role as a kingpin of organized crime. He is also widely reputed to have been behind baseball's Black Sox scandal in which the 1919 World Series was fixed. His notoriety inspired several fictional characters based on his life, including "Meyer Wolfsheim" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, and "Nathan Detroit" in the Damon Runyon novel "The Idyll Of Miss Sarah Brown", which was made into the musical Guys and Dolls.

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January 17 - 1882 - November 4 - 1928 - New York - Gambler - Kingpin - Organized crime - Baseball - Black Sox scandal - 1919 - World Series - Fixed - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby - Damon Runyon - Guys and Dolls

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