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He was the guy that rigged the World Series in 1919. F. Scott Fitzgerald used most of his gambling characteristics in his character Wolfsheim in the novel The Great Gatsby. Arnold Rothstein was never convicted of a crime as long as he lived. But he died around the age of 46? due to a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

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Q: Who was Arnold rothstein and in what f Scott Fitzgerald novel is his likeness portrayed?
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