Talk:Allen Dorfman

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Error in Death place[edit]

He died in Lincolnwood, Illinois, not Lincolnshire. The Purple Hotel was located on Touhy Avenue in the north suburb of Lincolnwood. I say was, as it has been demolished today 8/27/13. More info on NBC Chicago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.184.113.130 (talk) 23:18, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Notability[edit]

This article links to several other articles, meaning it was already "red linked" before I stepped in an started this article. Gattosby (talk) 04:36, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maintenance tags are meant to help all editors to see what needs to be done with an article. You can take them either as room for improvement or an arrow to the heart. The latter is not meant or desired. Articles need to follow WP:MOS in how an article is developed with a proper WP:LEAD, supporting reliably sourced citations and meet notability requirements. You seem to be doing the latter. In addition, if you created the article you should never remove the tags unless you have substantially met what the tags address. ----moreno oso (talk) 04:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

errors[edit]

From Google News Archive,[1]. I find many articles, which are not compatible with the end of career information given in this article. I have rewritten that part of the article on the basis of these reliable sources. I do not have the book the material was taken from, but if it was transcribed accurately, it is thoroughly unreliable. (The earlier material seems compatible with the earlier new sources, buyt I have not checked in detail) DGG ( talk ) 23:58, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

inconsistencies[edit]

It's highly unlikely that Allen Dorfman was born in 1923, and graduated from law school in 1933... 141.151.246.144 (talk) 20:12, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

not a lawyer[edit]

There is no evidence that Dorfman was a lawyer or even attended law school. He was a physical education teacher when he set up his insurance company. The cited source Mob Lawyer by Frank Ragano has no mention of Dorfman being a lawyer. From page 94 in the book: "Allen Dorfman's name had surfaced prominently in my earlier research into Jimmy's career. He had been appointed by Jimmy as a consultant and broker to handle one of the Teamsters' main welfare benefits, the Central States Pension Fund. Dorfman had been much written about in the press but with little praise. A U.S. Marine hero in World War II, he received a Silver Star for bravery at the battle of Iwo Jima. However, he was better known because of the ill-repute of his stepfather Paul "Red" Dorfman. a sidekick of Al Capone, now linked to the current Chicago boss, Sam Giancana. Allen had been an ordinary physical education teacher in Chicago when Red apparently set him up in the insurance business, and Jimmy suddenly anointed Allen's nascent firm with the lucrative contracts and commissions to oversee the Teamsters' life and health insurance and pension funds. " — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roger49x2 (talk • contribs) 23:10, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

errors[edit]

the article states that he had three children, but lists four. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.58.39.194 (talk) 12:06, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. The New York Times obituary states three sons and 1 daughter. - Location (talk) 18:45, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]