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Answer: October 24, 1933

On Tuesday, October 24, 1933, Reggie, the eldest, was born at 8:00 AM, and his identical twin brother, Ronnie, was born at 8:10 AM.

Answer: True

The twins had a sister named Violet, after their mother, but she died when she was an infant. They also had an older brother, Charles Kray, Jr.

Answer: Robert Browning Youth Club

The twins' father brought them for boxing lessons three times a week at the Robert Browning Youth Club. Charlie Simms, a boxer, saw them training, recognized they had some talent and became their trainer. By the time they were 15 years old, Ronnie won the Hackney schoolboys' London Junior Championship and a London ATC title. Reggie won the London Schoolboys' Championship, and was also a Great Britain Schoolboys' Championship finalist, a London ATC Champion, and a South East Divisional Youth Club Champion.

Answer: The Magic Box

One night when Ronnie was the Repton Boxing Club, a film director came in looking for extras for a film he was making at Ealing Studios. The film was called the Magic Box, and it starred Robert Donat. Ronnie was only on the screen for a few seconds.

Answer: April 19, 1965

The marriage was not a happy one, and the couple were separated after eight months. It was not a violent parting; they agreed to separate for a while to sort things out. Frances went back to live with her parents.

Frances suffered from depression and she became increasingly dependent on barbiturates and died of an overdose on June 7, 1967.

Answer: The Blind Beggar

On March 9, 1966, Ronnie shot and killed George Cornell at the Blind Beggar. Cornell was killed to avenge the death of one of their gang members, Richard Hart.

Answer: Kate Howard

In 1985, Ronnie married a woman name Elaine Mildener while he was incarcerated in Broadmoor. In 1989, their marriage ended. Two months later, on November 9, Ronnie married for a second time while incarcerated. The "lucky" lady was Kate Howard, a divorcee from Kent. Kate first wrote to Reggie Kray after reading the twins' story in a magazine.

After writing for about 4 months, Reggie asked her to visit him in prison. This was the start of a friendship, she visited and wrote as often as possible. All during that time Reggie urged Kate to write to Ronnie in Broadmoor. Kate wrote to Ronnie and then began to visit him in Broadmoor.

Their friendship grew, and after several marriage proposals Kate finally said yes.

Answer: 17th March 1995

At the age of 61, Ronnie Kray died of a heart attack in Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire. His death was due to his addiction to tobacco; he smoked 100 cigarettes a day. He was buried at Chingford Cemetery near the bodies of his father, mother, and sister.

Answer: Roberta Jones

On July 14, 1997, Reggie married 38 year-old Roberta Jones. The two got to know each other when Reggie asked a friend to help with the publicity for a video about his brother, Ronnie. The friend asked Roberta to visit him in prison, they began writing to each other and calling each other, with Roberta visiting once a month. Their friendship grew and they were married.

Answer: October 1, 2000

On August 16, 2000, Reggie was released from prison on compassionate grounds; he was dying of bladder cancer. On October 1, 2000, with his wife at his bedside, Reggie passed away.

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