"My name is Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) I was an American mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. I was influential within the Jewish Mob, along with my childhood friend and fellow gangster Meyer Lansky, and I also held significant influence within the Italian-American Mafia and the largely Italian-Jewish National Crime Syndicate. I've been described as handsome and charismatic, I became one of the first front-page celebrity gangsters."