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How did Bugsy Segal die, and was he Italian?

Question #23247. Asked by Jimmy Hoffa.
Last updated Jun 02 2021.

Kainantu
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Kainantu

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American. Murdered.

Benjamin Siegel, born in Brooklyn in 1906, hated his nickname, that derived from his volatile temper. He was on the path to organized crime from a very young age, demanding protection money from pushcart vendors....
Luciano ordered to have Siegel killed. On June 20, 1947, as Siegel ast in Hill's living room, he was shot three times in the head...
link http://www.gangland.net/bugsy.htm


The fact that some in attendance at the Franconia meeting - Big Greenie and Bugsy Siegel - were eventually murdered did not alter the interfaith feelings of the combination. Bugsy might well have appreciated the fact that his murder was approved by a combined vote of, to use his words, 'yids and dagos.'
link https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/death-psychopath-how-mob-boss-13696839

Response last updated by satguru on Jun 02 2021.
Oct 14 2002, 10:36 PM
catjo47
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catjo47

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He was killed in his living room and he was not Italian.

Feb 05 2008, 10:56 AM
egerton
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egerton

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Shot dead

Jun 20 2009, 2:18 AM
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