Major Coxson | |
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| Born | Major Benjamin Coxson 1929 Fairbank, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 8, 1973 (aged 43–44) Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Lawn Cemetery, Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
Major Benjamin Coxson (c. 1929 – June 8, 1973), also known as The Maj, was an American gangster from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] Coxson was a flamboyant entrepreneur and civil rights activist who co-owned a Philadelphia nightclub with activist Stanley Branche, was close friends and neighbor to Muhammad Ali, and ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Camden, New Jersey in 1972. Coxson was a powerful drug dealer and power broker in Philadelphia who served as an intermediary between African-American and Italian-American organized crime groups.
Coxson was murdered at his home in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in 1973 which the police theorized that the Philadelphia Black Mafia killed him for his failure to broker a heroin deal with the New York Mafia.