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2016 Postmortem

MADem

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3. Fun (term used advisedly) fact: Barbara Walters served as Cohn's beard on many occasions.

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Sun Aug 28, 2016, 02:18 AM

Aug 2016

She was aware of his odious reputation, but he, apparently, bailed her father, Lou Walters, out of financial embarrassment and so she felt an obligation towards him owing to his kindness. Her father was an "empresario" who didn't quite understand when the heyday of the nightclubs had peaked, owing to the advent of television.

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Roy Cohn (closeted homophobe) defended Donald Trump in 1973 civil rights lawsuit [View all] Farmgirl1961 Aug 2016 OP

He was a closeted gay man, but a quite public homophobe in the 70s & 80s GoDawgs Aug 2016 #1

BTW, the known lefty ROBERT BORK was the Attorney General in 1973. You can look it up! winstars Aug 2016 #2

Fun (term used advisedly) fact: Barbara Walters served as Cohn's beard on many occasions. MADem Aug 2016 #3