{"id":22251,"date":"2021-04-27T07:25:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=22251"},"modified":"2021-04-27T07:25:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T14:25:52","slug":"sherrys-restaurant-on-the-sunset-strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-mickey-cohen-july-19-1949-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2021\/04\/27\/sherrys-restaurant-on-the-sunset-strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-mickey-cohen-july-19-1949-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherry\u2019s Restaurant on the Sunset Strip, scene of an assassination attempt on mob boss Mickey Cohen, July 19, 1949"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22252\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2021\/04\/27\/sherrys-restaurant-on-the-sunset-strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-mickey-cohen-july-19-1949-2\/sherrys-restaurant-on-the-sunset-strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-mickey-cohen-july-19-1949\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sherrys-Restaurant-on-the-Sunset-Strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-Mickey-Cohen-July-19-1949.jpg?fit=797%2C636&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"797,636\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1619183973","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Sherry\u2019s Restaurant on the Sunset Strip, scene of an assassination attempt on mob boss Mickey Cohen, July 19, 1949\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sherrys-Restaurant-on-the-Sunset-Strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-Mickey-Cohen-July-19-1949.jpg?fit=300%2C239&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sherrys-Restaurant-on-the-Sunset-Strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-Mickey-Cohen-July-19-1949.jpg?fit=640%2C511&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22252\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sherrys-Restaurant-on-the-Sunset-Strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-Mickey-Cohen-July-19-1949.jpg?resize=640%2C511&ssl=1\" alt=\"Sherry\u2019s Restaurant on the Sunset Strip, scene of an assassination attempt on mob boss Mickey Cohen, July 19, 1949\" width=\"640\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sherrys-Restaurant-on-the-Sunset-Strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-Mickey-Cohen-July-19-1949.jpg?w=797&ssl=1 797w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sherrys-Restaurant-on-the-Sunset-Strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-Mickey-Cohen-July-19-1949.jpg?resize=300%2C239&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sherrys-Restaurant-on-the-Sunset-Strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-Mickey-Cohen-July-19-1949.jpg?resize=768%2C613&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Sherry\u2019s restaurant, at 9039 Sunset Boulevard was one of the Sunset Strip nightspots of the late 1940s, not just popular with movie stars, also with mobsters. In July of 1949, those movie stars learned that mixing with the mob was dangerous to their health when, in the wee hours of the 19<sup>th<\/sup>, an assassination attempt was made on the head of the national crime syndicate\u2019s gambling and vice operations in Southern California. Mickey Cohen and his party were leaving Sherry\u2019s at 3:55 a.m. when shots rang out across Sunset Blvd. It was a scene from a real-life Warner Bros. picture! Cohen survived the assassination attempt but I pity the owners of the car in the foreground with five bullet holes. Or maybe it was a story they dined out on for years.<\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"836cf-0-0\">That site is now occupied by a live music venue called 1 Oak. This image is from May 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22253\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2021\/04\/27\/sherrys-restaurant-on-the-sunset-strip-scene-of-an-assassination-attempt-on-mob-boss-mickey-cohen-july-19-1949-2\/mayy-2019-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mayy-2019.png?fit=780%2C976&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"780,976\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mayy-2019.png?fit=240%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mayy-2019.png?fit=640%2C801&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22253\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mayy-2019.png?resize=640%2C801&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mayy-2019.png?w=780&ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mayy-2019.png?resize=240%2C300&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mayy-2019.png?resize=768%2C961&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sherry\u2019s restaurant, at 9039 Sunset Boulevard was one of the Sunset Strip nightspots of the late 1940s, not just popular with movie stars, also with mobsters. 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