Talk:Jacob Shapiro

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No citation and questionable logic to following statements[edit]

Shapiro's nickname "Gurrah" apparently came from a tendency to slur his words; he would frequently shout "Get out of here !" as "Gurrah da' here!" to his underlings.

I hadn't heard of this supposed nickname prior to reading this article. However, there's no citation supporting that is the root of it. There's nothing showing that he'd shout Get out of here!. And even if he did, it'd seem weird how you can get Gurra da' here! out of that.

The book "Tough Jews" by Rich Cohen, page 66: Shapiro was known to most people as 'Gurrah'. He was always walking around with hunched shoulders, telling people, "Get outta here!" And somehow, when he said it, it came out "Gurrah da here!"... --Almightybooblikon (talk) 19:52, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shapiro grew up in Manhattan's impoverished Lower East Side and began committing petty thefts in his early teens with such notable men Al Capone.

What citation said he grew up on the Lower East Side? TomNyj0127 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:34, 5 September 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Why is there a link to Eddie Diamond that directs to Ohio Valley Wrestling?[edit]

In the section "Labor slugger," the sentence reads, "Realizing that Shapiro and Buchalter posed a threat, Orgen allied himself with brothers Eddie and Jack "Legs" Diamond." There's a link to "Eddie for Eddie Diamond, that directs the reader to the Ohio Valley Wrestling and a wrestler, "Eddie Diamond," who has nothing to do with Legs Diamond nor Jacob Shapiro and should be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiseguy007 (talk • contribs) 23:13, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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