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Benjamin " Lefty " Ruggiero (April 19, 1926 – November 24, 1994 [nb 1]) was an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for his friendship and mentorship of FBI undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone, who Ruggiero knew as Donnie Brasco.
Jun 29, 2014 · Benjamin “Lefty” Ruggiero also known as “Lefty Guns, and “Lefty two Guns” was born in the Fourth Ward neighborhood of Little Italy, Manhattan on April 19, 1926. Ruggiero joined the Bonanno crime family at a young age serving as a street soldier under Michael Sabella.
Dec 6, 2023 · Lefty Ruggiero, the central character in Donnie Brasco, was a real-life gangster deeply involved in organized crime, but the film only scratches the surface of his life and involvement in the Bonanno family.
A brief history of Benjamin "Lefty Ruggiero soldier in the Bonanno Crime Family and his relationship with Donnie Brasco (FBI Agent Joe Pistone), and Capo Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano.
Benjamin Ruggiero was a mobster or ‘soldato’ hailing from the Bonnano crime family. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, crimes and other facts about him.
Jul 2, 2022 · Benjamin "Lefty Guns" Ruggiero was a Bonanno soldier who was a capable earner and enforcer. He ultimately would become close with an associate called "Donnie". This would set off a very...
Benjamin " Lefty " Ruggiero (April 19, 1926 – November 24, 1994) was an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for his friendship and mentorship of FBI undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone, who Ruggiero knew as Donnie Brasco.
Aug 2, 2022 · Retired KCPD intelligence Detective Gary jenkins interviews a former cellmate of lefty's, Joe Pistone who worked him undercover, and retired FBI agent Doug Fencl who broke the news to Lefty and...
In 1978 New York City, Lefty Ruggiero, an aging enforcer in the Bonanno crime family, meets Joseph D. Pistone, a young undercover FBI agent posing as jewel thief "Donnie Brasco". Donnie insists that a diamond Lefty has acquired from a strip club owner is fake; when the two confront the owner, Donnie beats him and takes his car as repayment.
Jan 17, 2024 · Pistone was later portrayed by Johnny Depp in “Donnie Brasco,” a 1997 movie that also starred Al Pacino as New York crime family member Benjamin “Lefty” Ruggiero.
