Cohn’s "bulletproof" reputation eventually shattered in the mid-1980s:

    • Disbarment:In 1986, the New York Supreme Court disbarred him for unethical and "reprehensible" conduct, specifically for attempting to defraud a dying client by forcing him to sign a will amendment in a hospital room.

    • Death:He died five weeks later, on August 2, 1986, at the age of 59. While he publicly insisted he was suffering from liver cancer, he actually died of AIDS-related complications

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