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      • Benjamin " Bugsy " Siegel (/ ˈsiːɡəl /; 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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    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. Siegel was influential within the Jewish Mob , along with his childhood friend and fellow gangster Meyer Lansky , and he also held significant influence within the ...

  4. Apr 22, 2021 · Iconic mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel built the Flamingo casino in Las Vegas, igniting an era of glamour, gambling and gangsters in the desert. By Biography.com Editors Updated: Apr 22, 2021....

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  5. May 1, 2024 · Los Angeles Public Library Born to poor Jewish immigrants in New York, BenjaminBugsy” Siegel built a criminal empire and helped shape the Las Vegas Strip — before his violent death in 1947. In the 1930s and 1940s, Bugsy Siegel thrived as one of America’s most successful gangsters.

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  6. May 25, 2018 · Last Updated On: June 19th, 2018. The Flamingo Hotel in the late 1940s. To this day no one knows who killed Benjamin “BugsySiegel. The shooting in Southern California happened on June, 20, 1947, six months after Siegel’s mobbed-up Flamingo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip opened disastrously during a rare winter rainstorm.

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  7. Nov 9, 2009 · The son of Jewish immigrants, Benjamin “BugsySiegel (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...

  8. 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.

  9. Apr 8, 2024 · Bugsy Siegel, American gangster who played an instrumental role in the initial development of Las Vegas gambling. However, his skimming and other duplicities angered Meyer Lansky and other bosses, and Siegel was killed in 1947. Learn more about his life and crimes.

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