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Sing Sing
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Sing Sing
n
(Placename) a prison in New York State, in Ossining
[variant of Ossining]


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Shortly after prisoner William Kemmler became the first person to be executed by the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison, New York, in 1890, Bodie built a replica of if and incorporated it into his show.
Bumby Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) is released from Sing Sing prison and returns to Harlem where he becomes the bodyguard for Queen St Clair (Cicely Tyson), the head of the Harlem numbers racket.
John Booth taught writing at Sing Sing Prison since 1990.
 
 
 
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