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Jacob Shapiro
Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro (May 5, 1899-June 9, 1947) was a New York mobster and, with Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for more than two decades. His nickname "Gurrah", according to underworld lore, apparently came from his tendency to slur his words with his habit of shouting "Get out of here !
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