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Apr 22, 2021 · Wife and Daughters. Siegel married his childhood sweetheart Esta Krakower in January 1929, and together they had two daughters: Millicent (who died in 2017) and Barbara.
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Nov 28, 2017 · Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel poses after his arrest in Los Angeles, April 17, 1941. When Millicent Siegel was 15-years-old she rode a train from New York to California to spend the summer with her...
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...
Bugsy Siegel got married to his childhood girlfriend, Esta Krawoker, on January 28, 1929. Siegel was a notorious womanizer so the couple had problems from their initial days. Esta finally got the divorce in 1946 and left California with her daughters and got settled in New York.
- He Had A Rough Start. “Bugsy” Siegel was born Benjamin Siegel on February 28, 1906, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the second of five children born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents.
- He Found Company. During his youth, Siegel abandoned school and joined a group of friends on Lafayette Street in Manhattan—but there was a dark side to their camaraderie.
- He Offered Refuge. Although the exact origin of their friendship is unknown, Siegel became pretty well acquainted with another young gangster Al Capone during his youth.
- He Became Bugsy. Siegel’s rambunctious attitude and high energy stood out noticeably from his fellow crew members. They referred to him as “crazier than a bed bug” and the name “Bugsy” was born—but there’s something about the nickname that few people know.
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Nov 22, 2017 · Millicent Rosen, who passed away on Nov. 17 at the age of 86, was the eldest daughter of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, the charming and notorious Jewish mob figure widely recognized as the visionary behind modern Las Vegas.
