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Powerful underworld figure leads double life in Hollywood
A six month Times investigation profiles Sidney Korshak, a Los Angeles lawyer linked to organized crime and powerful legitimate business. It notes his influence with Gulf & Western and MCA, ties to unions, and secretive lifestyle, while detailing federal probes, lavish wealth, and guarded public presence. Korshak denies interviews but remains central in the crossfire between crime and corporate power.
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Seymour M. Hersh
My Lai
South Avietnam
The
N.Y. Times
John Peter Zenger
Drew Pearson
CIA
Chicago
Hersh
University of Chicago
Jeff Gerth
N.Y
New York
Los Angeles
Sidney R. Korshak
Hollywood
Dinah Shore
Debbie Reynolds
Tony Martin
Charles G. Bluhdorn
Gulf & Western Industries Inc
Lew R. Wasserman
MCA Inc
Sidney Korshak
Korshak
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
California
Las Vegas
New York Times
Times
Washington
the Times
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Illinois
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Organized Crime Division
Gulf & Western
National General
Max Factor
Rapid American
Diners’ Club
Schenley Industries
Hilton
Hyatt
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Chargers
Madison Square Garden Corp
New York Rangers
New York Knicks
America
Internal Revenue Service
Associated Booking Corp
Miss Shore
Miss Reynolds
Martin
Jill St. John
Cyd Charisse
Wasserman
David Janssen
Robert Evans
Love Story
David May 2d
May Department Stores
Joyce Haber
Pierre Salinger
White House
Senate
Salinger
Capone
Paris
Bernice
Sid
Lew Wasserman
MCA