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Photograph caption dated December 3, 1959 reads, "Investigate murder - Bookmaker Jack F. Whalen, 39, lies dead amid busy detectives and coroner's officials probing for clues in gangland slaying at Rondelli's restaurant in Sherman Oaks. Victim was standing before booth at right when he was shot. Mickey Cohen was dining at table at left and witnessed shooting."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Rondelli's Restaurant (Los Angeles, Calif.) Restaurants--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles Murder victims--California--Los Angeles Assassinations--California--Los Angeles Detectives--California--Los Angeles Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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