Bugsy Siegel
Full Name: Bugsy Siegel [Benjamin Siegel]
Nationality:
Profession: Mobster
Why Famous: American mobster with the Luciano crime family. Nicknamed "Bugsy", he was one of the most infamous and feared gangsters of his day.
He was also a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip.
Born: February 28, 1906
Star Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Married Life
- 1929-01-28 Mobster Bugsy Siegel (23) weds childhood sweetheart Esta Krakower
- 1946-08-08 Esta Krakower divorces mobster Bugsy Siegel (40) after 17 years of marriage
Historical Events in the Life of Bugsy Siegel
- 1939-11-22 Bugsy Siegel, Whitey Krakower, Frankie Carbo and Albert Tannenbaum kill Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg outside his apartment after Greenberg had threatened to become a police informant
- 1940-08-20 Louis Buchalter is indicted on murder charges in Los Angeles for the killing of Harry Greenberg, a mob associate of casino owner Meyer Lansky and mobster Bugsy Siegel
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