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During his long and lucrative career as a celebrity gangster, Dave Courtney told (or more usually sold) countless self-glamorising stories of underworld derring-do.
Dave Courtney, who has died aged 64, was a nightclub bouncer, knuckle-duster wielding debt collector and latter-day henchman of the Kray brothers; he was nicknamed “Yellow Pages” for his gangland connections – until he decided to adopt the persona of media-friendly mobster, publishing a best-selling true crime memoir and making a living from television documentaries, films and speaking engagements, while also raising money for charity.
Fraser, who died aged 90 in 2014, thundered how the notorious hardman-turned-celebrity had embellished his tough man image and even accused him at one point of being a snitch.
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Former London gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney has died aged 64.Courtney was found dead at his home on Chestnut Rise, Plumstead, on Sunday.His death was announced in a […]