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Bookmark or Share- Bugsy Siegel - WikipediaBugsy Siegel. Benjamin " Bugsy " Siegel (/ ˈsiːɡəl /; February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American mobster [3] who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. [4] Siegel was influential within the Jewish Mob, along with his childhood friend and fellow gangster Meyer Lansky, and he also held significant ...
- Bugsy Siegel, The Gangster Who Started Las Vegas As We Know ItIn the 1930s and 1940s, Bugsy Siegel thrived as one of America’s most successful gangsters. He first ran gambling and bootleg rackets in his native New York, then rubbed shoulders with movie stars in Los Angeles, and finally helped create Las Vegas as we know it.
- Seventy-five years later, debate over Bugsy Siegel murder still rages ...As Americans opened their newspapers on June 21, 1947, they saw large headlines about the murder of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, who, according to a United Press story, was the “nation’s No. 1 gangster.”
- Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel - The Mob MuseumBenjamin “Bugsy” Siegel rose from the rough streets of New York City to the height of fame and fortune in sunny Southern California, but his violent death helped expose the dark side of Mob life. Although his life was cut short at age 41, he played a pivotal role in building modern Las Vegas.
- Benjamin Siegel (1906-1947) | American Experience | PBSVicious and ruthless, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was one of the most infamous and feared gangsters of his day. Born Benjamin Siegelbaum on February 28, 1906, to Russian Jewish immigrants in...
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