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He would die in late '76 looking far older than his age of 56. Although reportedly disliked by most of the other gang members because of his star treatment and overshadowed by Leo Gorcey's longer run as the leader of the various Dead End Kids spinoffs , make no mistakes about it, Billy was the one and only leader of the original kids.

Back in the early 1980's, I actually did a considerable amount of research for a possible book on the Dead End Kids in all of their various permutations but a couple of other guys beat me to it.

Gabe Dell's real name was Gabriel del Vecchio. He was born in Brooklyn on October 7, 1919, the son of an immigrant Italian doctor.

In conjunction with its summer exhibit New Rochelle Women of the Arts, the Museum of Arts and Culture offers classic films every Thursday in July that feature actresses who made their homes in New Rochelle.

Sure, George Raft might have actually hung out with mobsters like Bugsy Siegel. Bogart could play criminals with more sensitivity and depth.

'MADE it, Ma! Top of the world!" With these words, mama's boy Arthur Cody Jarrett is blown to smithereens in Raoul Walsh's blistering "White Heat" . The film includes two other standout scenes: Jarrett going bonkers in the prison mess hall when he learns his beloved mom has died, and an obliging Jarrett riddling a car trunk with bullets when a ...