Famous Bootleggers of the Past

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By Keith Plocek

Joe Kennedy: You know the legend: The head of the cursed clan brought in buckets of booze from Canada during Prohibition, which helped finance his sons campaigns, which resulted in the assassinations of JFK and RFK, among other tragediesall because God hates beer.

In honor of Robb Walsh's feature on Dr. Pepper bootleggers, we rounded up ten of the last century's most notorious thieves, smugglers and copiers.

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