Willie Sutton
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1901 – 1980
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Who was Willie Sutton?
William "Willie" Sutton was a prolific American bank robber. During his forty-year criminal career he stole an estimated $2 million, and eventually spent more than half of his adult life in prison and escaped three times. For his talent at executing robberies in disguises, he gained two nicknames, "Willie the Actor" and "Slick Willie." Sutton is known, albeit apocryphally, for the urban legend that he said that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is."
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- Born
- Jun 30, 1901
Brooklyn - Lived in
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Nov 2, 1980
Spring Hill
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on July 23, 2013
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