1. Michael George Thevis was a Greek American millionaire pornographer and convicted murderer based in Atlanta, Georgia, but with close links to the Five Families of New York City and the DeCavalcante crime family of Newark, New Jersey.
11 Facts About Michael Thevis
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Michael Thevis was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and raised by his Greek immigrant grandparents after his parents separated.
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Michael Thevis dropped out of high school at the age of 17 and hitched his way to Atlanta in 1951 where he completed high school and enrolled in Georgia Tech, although he would leave before graduating to become the manager of a newsstand, earning $50 a week.
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Michael Thevis was in the pornography business and made a fortune with peep show machines.
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Michael Thevis was known as "The King of Pornography" and "The Sultan of Smut", and was a millionaire by age 37.
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Michael Thevis was involved in music recording: rock group Flood recorded a soundtrack for the US release of the martial arts movie Blood of the Dragon starring Jimmy Wang Yu, which was produced by author William Diehl.
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In November 1970, Michael Thevis shot and killed business rival Kenneth Hanna.
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In 1974, Michael Thevis was charged with transportation of obscene materials, and conspiracy to commit arson.
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Michael Thevis was captured in November 1978, while attempting a large cash withdrawal from a bank account he'd established under a false identity in Connecticut.
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Once imprisoned, Michael Thevis was able to secure help from Congressman Andrew Young, who contacted Norman Carlson, chief of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, on behalf of Michael Thevis.
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Michael Thevis died in prison in Bayport, Minnesota, on November 20,2013.