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Melvin Purvis
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Born
October 24
,
1903
·
Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA
Died
February 29
,
1960
·
Florence, South Carolina, USA
(suicide by gunshot)
Birth name
Melvin Horace Purvis Jr.
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Melvin Purvis was born on October 24, 1903 in Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA. He died on February 29, 1960 in Florence, South Carolina, USA.
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Former head of the Chicago FBI office who led teams that killed criminals John Dillinger and Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd in 1934.
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