Bugsy Siegel was born Benjamin Siegel on
Feb. 28, 1906, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. His parents were Jewish
immigrants. They settled in New York City around the turn of the
century, later moving to Manhattan’s Lower East Side. In that breeding
ground for crime Benjamin discovered his passion for street life.
The moody Siegel had a violent temper
that could erupt at any time. Because of this, his friends remarked that
he was “crazy as a bedbug.” From that point on friends called him
“Bugsy.” He hated the nickname but it stuck throughout his short life.
In 1918, Siegel became friends with another hoodlum, Meyer Lansky, and his life of crime was up and running.
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