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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bugsy_SiegelBugsy Siegel - Wikipedia

    Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (/ ˈ s iː ɡ əl /; February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip.

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  3. www.biography.com › crime › bugsy-siegelBugsy Siegel - Death, Flamingo & Wife - Biography

    Apr 22, 2021 · 1906-1947. Who Was Bugsy Siegel? Bugsy Siegel built a criminal empire through bootlegging, gambling and ruthless assassinations before setting up shop in Las Vegas. He opened the famous...

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  4. www.history.com › topics › crimeBugsy Siegel - Death, Wife & Las Vegas | HISTORY

    Nov 9, 2009 · The son of Jewish immigrants, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906-1947) began his life of crime on the streets of Brooklyn. He formed the Bugs-Meyer gang with Meyer Lansky as an adolescent, then rose...

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  6. www.britannica.com › biography › Bugsy-SiegelBugsy Siegel | Biography, Crimes, & Facts | Britannica

    Jun 1, 2024 · Bugsy Siegel (born February 28, 1906, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died June 20, 1947, Beverly Hills, California) was an American gangster who played an instrumental role in the initial development of Las Vegas gambling.

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  7. www.history.com › news › 9-things-you-may-not-know9 Things You May Not Know About Bugsy Siegel | HISTORY

    • Siegel became a gangster as a teenager. Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel with his attorney Jerry Giesler. Siegel was born into a family of Austro-Hungarian Jews who immigrated to the United States in 1903 and settled in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
    • He hated his famous nickname. As a teen, Siegel’s violent temper and mercurial personality saw friends describe him as “crazy as a bedbug.” Many soon began calling him “Bugsy” or “Bugs,” but the young gangster loathed the nickname and supposedly threatened anyone who used it.
    • Siegel was linked to several high-profile murders. Benjamin Bugsy Siegel talks to George Raft. Siegel’s criminal reputation is steeped in myth and legend, but there is evidence that he played a role in around a dozen killings during his rise in the 1920s and 30s.
    • He was a friend of several Hollywood movie stars. In the mid-1930s, Siegel moved from New York to Los Angeles and set up a new criminal empire on the West Coast.

  8. themobmuseum.org › notable_names › benjamin-bugsy-siegelBenjamin “Bugsy” Siegel - The Mob Museum

    Benjamin “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.

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  10. allthatsinteresting.com › bugsy-siegelBugsy Siegel, The Gangster Who Started Las Vegas As We Know It

    May 1, 2024 · In 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.

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