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About Martin Snyder
- Martin "Moe" Snyder (December 6, 1893 – November 9, 1981), commonly known as Moe the Gimp due to his lame left leg, was a Jewish-American gangster from Chicago, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Snyder was born and raised on Chicago's southwest side.
- He was five years of age when he injured his leg in an accident. Snyder left school after the fourth grade and sold papers as a newsboy.
- He later worked in newspaper circulation, and then moved to a job with the Metropolitan Sanitary District.Snyder had both political and entertainment world connections.
- He knew most of the nightclubs in Chicago and the people who performed there.
- He once served as a bodyguard for Al Jolson.
- His second wife was the singer and entertainer Ruth Etting, whom he married in 1922 and whose career he aggressively promoted.
- Snyder and Etting met when she was performing at the Marigold Gardens.
- He divorced his first wife to marry Etting.In 1927, the couple moved to New York City, where Etting landed a starring role in the Ziegfeld Follies.
- After a move to Los Angeles in the early 1930s, Etting was hired for some film roles, later doing The Chase and Sanborn Hour there with Jimmy Durante.
- Etting remained in Los Angeles for her radio work, while Snyder returned to Chicago.
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