"Death is my business and business is good" (1972)

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Maybe it started in boxing? Someone said: "Hitting people is my  business"?
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The 1972 citation here is the only Vietnam-era version I could find.
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(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
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    _Sugar  Ray Tells Bid of $1,000,000_
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Chicago Daily Tribune  (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Jun 7, 1958. p. C2 (1
page)
5. _Robinson  Offered Million to Fight Floyd Patterson_
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QT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1104816442&clientId=65882)
The  Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959). Washington, D.C.: Jun  7,
1958. p. A15 (1 page)
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Robinson said the offer came in a telegram from Cy Weintraub, Los Angeles
television man. "Boxing id my business and it looks like business is good," said
 Robinson, who added he'll fly to Los Angeles Sunday to talk to Weintraub.

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_GI  Outdrew Foe On a Giant Scale_
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04816222&clientId=65882)
Garry Wills.  The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973).  Washington,
D.C.: Jul 3, 1972. p. A13 (1 page)
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Only one character in a Western keeps piling up a record like that--the
hired gun, the man whose motto reads "Death is my business, and business is  good."
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(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
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     _Syracuse Herald Journal _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=lrCUoQlefzKKID/6NLMW2mgMNe4iA0hhJWehdXzOOaCk7fTcognJ/UIF+CsZYmrz)  Monday,
April 07, 1947 _Syracuse,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:syracuse+is+our+business+and+business+is+good)  _New York_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:new_york+is+our+business+and+busi
ness+is+good)
...YOUR Protection  IS OUR -BUSINESS AND  BUSINESS IS GOOD 5 i m m m
.SYRACUSE.....costs. i f t  You'll enjoy doing BUSINESS-through yOUR own.
friendly AND..
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     _Reno Evening Gazette _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=0Hv62RLHvjKKID/6NLMW2ljrlfOgmGlHLfCtpWQNifjHiBf35r4+zA==)  Tuesday, April 22,
1958 _Reno,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:reno+is+our+business+and+business+is+good)  _Nevada_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:nevada+is+our+business+and+business+is+good)
...SELLING CARS  IS OUR BUSINESS... AND  BUSINESS IS GOOD '57 FORD 'R7
FORD.....5 p.m. 53 WILLYS 4 wheel drive pickup. GOOD rubber,  GOOD mechanical
condition..
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     _Syracuse Herald Journal _
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December 12, 1966 _Syracuse,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:syracuse+is+our+business+and+business+is+good)  _New York_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:new_york+is+our+business+and+b
usiness+is+good)
...Ave. HU8-4023 DANCING  IS OUR BUSINESS BUSINESS  IS GOOD. Paye Dance 1444
E.....excellent condition  throughout Do BUSINESS where BUSINESS  IS belngdone
GL..
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_Daily Times _
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=Ga2xMtpV76yKID/6NLMW2gHvQVCxosGsOjKVsleWSK2msO+tHino8UIF+CsZYmrz)  Friday, August 18, 1967
_Salisbury,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=city:salisbury+is+our+business+and+business+is+good)  _Maryland_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=state:maryland+is+our+business+and+business+is+good)
     ...SELLING PROPERTY  IS OUR BUSINESS AND  BUSINESS IS GOOD LIST  TODAY
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