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It was because of the Rosenberg trial that Cohn, at the age of twenty-four, had been recommended and appointed as McCarthy's chief counsel. In 1954, when McCarthy was censured, Cohn resigned and went into private practice, beginning a thirty-year career as a high-powered attorney in New York City. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was charged three times with professional misconduct but never convicted. However, eventually the New York Bar association brought disbarment proceedings against him for unethical and unprofessional conduct, which caused him to lose his license in the last month of his life. | It was because of the Rosenberg trial that Cohn, at the age of twenty-four, had been recommended and appointed as McCarthy's chief counsel. In 1954, when McCarthy was censured, Cohn resigned and went into private practice, beginning a thirty-year career as a high-powered attorney in New York City. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was charged three times with professional misconduct but never convicted. However, eventually the New York Bar association brought disbarment proceedings against him for unethical and unprofessional conduct, which caused him to lose his license in the last month of his life. | ||
Although he was extremely conservative in politics, Cohn was rumored to be a homosexual, and it was widely believed that he and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._David_Schine G. David Schine], whom he appointed chief consultant, had a sexual relationship. However, Cohn continued to deny he was gay and he even lent his support to anti-gay political campaigns. In 1984, he was diagnosed with AIDs, but he attemped to keep it secret by saying he had liver cancer. Despite aggressive drug treatment, he died on August 2, 1986 at the age of 54. | Although he was extremely conservative in politics, Cohn was rumored to be a homosexual, and it was widely believed that he and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._David_Schine G. David Schine], whom he appointed chief consultant, had a sexual relationship. However, Cohn continued to deny he was gay and he even lent his support to anti-gay political campaigns. In 1984, he was diagnosed with AIDs, but he attemped to keep it secret by saying he had liver cancer. Despite aggressive drug treatment, he died on August 2, 1986 (six months after the Cohn in Kushner's play) at the age of 54. | ||
Roy Cohn was also portrayed by actor [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000249/ James Woods] in the 1992 biographical television movie [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103973/ ''Citizen Cohn'']. | Roy Cohn was also portrayed by actor [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000249/ James Woods] in the 1992 biographical television movie [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103973/ ''Citizen Cohn'']. | ||