Larry Fay
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Larry Fay (1888 – January 1, 1933) was one of the early rumrunners of the Prohibition Era in New York City. With his profits he bought into a taxi cab company and later opened a nightclub, the El Fay, on West 47th Street in Manhattan, featuring Texas Guinan as the emcee and a floorshow produced by Nils Granlund.[1]
Fay, who had a record of forty-nine arrests but no felony convictions, was involved in several enterprises in the ensuing years, and was said to have amassed and lost a fortune. He was made a partner of the Casa Blanca Club, where he was shot and killed after a New Year's Eve celebration by the club's doorman who had just learned his pay was being reduced by Fay to accommodate a new employee.[2]
On December 15, 1960, The Untouchables (1959 TV series) during its second season did The Larry Fay Story. This episode (the 37th for the series) dealt with Larry Fay's activities in the New York City milk price-fixing case.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ Granlund, Nils T.,"Blondes, Brunettes, and Bullets", David McKay, New York, 1957
- ^ Oakland (CA) Tribune, "Racketeer, Aiding Idle, Shot Dead by Doorman", January 2, 1933, page 2.
- ^ The Untouchables; The Larry Fay Story on TV.com (http://www.tv.com/the-untouchables/the-larry-fay-story/episode/77083/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;39)
- ^ The Untouchables; The Larry Fay Story on the IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0737815/)
