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Buddy Corcoran

Buddy Corcoran (1890-) was an American barman from New York City who owned the Corcoran's Perch bar on Fourth Avenue and 23rd Street in Midtown Manhattan during the early 20th century.

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Buddy Corcoran was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York in 1890, and he opened the Corcoran's Perch bar in Midtown during the early 1900s, featuring live shows and selling drinks. The NYPD saw him as a respectable proprietor, but he let the Corleone crime family run a gambling racket and hold meetings in the building.

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