Lansky, Jacob “Jack” (uncle)
brought into Meyer’s business, 27
in Cuba, 184–186
daughter’s wedding, 198
death, 229
description of, 15–16
in Las Vegas, 200
Meyer’s money and, 229
in Miami, 121
at Sandra’s wedding, 132, 217
Lansky, Lena (aunt), 35
Lansky, Linda (cousin), 121, 198
Lansky, Max (grandfather), 12, 23, 27
Lansky, Meyer (father)
American pride, 12, 16, 46, 110–111, 203
birth, 5, 12
birth of grandson D. J., 192
birth of grandson Gary, 146
bootlegging days, 15
Buddy’s illness, 22–23
business, as family, 11–12
clothing style, 2
deal for Lucky Luciano, 17–18
death, 227
divorce, 57–62, 66–67
education, 19, 38
as epicurean, 42, 51–52
Estes Kefauver meeting, 100–102
exile to Israel, 222–223
health club workouts, 51
health problems, 117, 185–186, 224–227
home library, 37, 46
jail time, 115–117
low-key style of, 2
marriage to Anna, 23–24
marriage to Teddy, 76–77
Miami drug charges, 221
Molaska, Inc., 24–25
Murder Incorporated, 3
naked sighting of, 57–58
news of Sandra’s hospitalization, 191
phone conversations, 5, 109
racetracks, 25–26, 29
start of new life in Florida, 220
World War II, 15–18, 62
Lansky, Meyer Lansky II (nephew), 165
Lansky, Paul (brother)
birth, 22
divorce, 225
education, 29–30, 32, 62, 78, 86–87, 195
gym workouts with father, 51
idealistic attitude, 176
marriage, 165
military school, 30, 32–33
news of Meyer’s remarriage, 78
pilot training, 79, 143
reaction to D.J. episode, 195
Sandra’s marriage and, 130
serious personality, 44
son, Meyer Lansky II, 165
Vietnam War, 195
West Point Military Academy, 86–87, 109–110, 130, 142–143
Lansky, Rose (aunt), 35, 213
Lansky, Sandra
appendicitis, 127–128
birth, 21
birth of son, D.J., 190–192
birth of son, Gary, 145–146
Boston home, 21–23
breeding Italian greyhounds, 220
brothers, as friends, 44–46
buck teeth, 45, 74
cab accident, 158
Christmas vacation in Miami, 83–85
Cuba trip, 28–30
divorce, 153–154, 170
doll collection, 31–32, 56
drugs, use of, 159, 179–180, 187, 218–219
education, 19, 40, 50, 67–68, 120–121
engagement ring, 129
father’s remarriage, 76–79
fight with Teddy over father’s health, 186
first air flight alone, 83–84
first kiss, 81
gambling, 169
homemaking skills, 141, 143–144
honeymoon, 134–141
Israel trip, 223
Jewish background, 10–11, 16, 21–36
lessons, ballet, piano, skating, 39
lessons, boxing, 45
lessons, horseback riding, 48–49, 68
marriage to Marvin Rapoport, 127–134
marriage to Vince Lombardo, 216–217
Marvin’s proposal, 127
menstrual period, 57–58
modeling experience, 158
money and, 46
naked sighting of father, 57–58
nannies, 21, 28, 33, 64–67
in Naples, Italy, 14
nursery school, 33
pet dogs, 40–42, 122–123, 144, 149
Phoenix trip, 28
plastic surgery, 114–115, 118
pregnancies, 136, 143, 190
school dropout, 128
sinus headaches, 75
summer camp, 75, 79–80
summers in New Jersey, 33–34
sweet sixteen party, 113, 126–127
uncles and, 1–19
Vince’s proposal, 216
wedding trousseau, 130–131
winters in Miami, 49–50
working at Saks, 155, 157–158
World War II, 15, 16
Lansky, Thelma “Teddy” (stepmother)
in Cuba, 169, 184
death, 228
early history of, 77–78
fight over Meyer’s health, 186
help with plastic surgery, 118
marriage to Meyer Lansky, 76–77
‘Paul’s reaction to, 83
strains of living with, 121–123
visit in Miami with, 83–85, 120–123
while Meyer in jail, 117–118
Lansky, Yetta (grandmother)
arrival in New York, 12
as best friend, 35, 122
Buddy’s wedding, 171
family background, 27, 35–36
home at Lansky compound, 169
home in Brooklyn, 35
Sandra’s appendicitis and, 127
Lanza, Joseph “Socks,” 16–17
Larry Mathews Salon, 159–160
Larsen, Don, 194
Las Vegas, Nevada, 59, 137–139, 200–201
Lassner, Wynne “Brownie,” 178–179
Lastfogel, Abe, 162–163
Lastfogel, Barbara, 162–163, 178, 179
Latin Quarter (New York nightclub), 40
Law of Return (Israel), 222–223
LCN (La Cosa Nostra), 203
Le Pavilion (restaurant), 178
Leigh, Dorian, 158
Leron, (store), 31
Levine, Red, 15
Levinson, Edward, 200, 201
Lewis, Jerry, 7, 104, 106, 162
Lewis, Joe E., 70
Liberace, 180
Lighthouse (restaurant), 65, 79
Lincoln, Abraham, 12
Lincoln, Robert, 34
Lindy’s (restaurant), 3
Liquor business, 18–19, 24–25
The Living Room (New York nightclub), 188
Lombardo, Anthony (uncle), 212
Lombardo, Davide (stepson), 220
Lombardo, Gilda (mother-in-law), 213, 216
Lombardo, Rocco (uncle), 212, 213
Lombardo, Vince (husband)
bouncer at Copacabana, 210, 214
Eden Roc job, 220
family background, 212–213
father’s death, 213
first date with Sandra, 211–212
first marriage, 215
first meeting with Sandra, 210–211
gang membership, 213–214
Mafia and, 214
marriage to Sandra, 217–218
Meyer Lansky and, 214–218
mother’s remarriage, 214
prizefighter, 214
proposal to Sandra, 216
reunited with Sandra, 220
school bullying, 212–213
separation from Sandra, 218–220
Long Branch, New Jersey, 33
Long Island Jewish Hospital, 190
Longchamps (restaurant), 5, 103
Longshoremen, 17
Lou Waters, 40
Louis, Joe, 45
Luciano, Charlie “Lucky”
Benny Siegel and, 73
Dannemora prison, 14–15
death, 228
exile in Italy, 76
Frank Costello and, 14
Joe Adonis and, 183
Meyer’s deal for, 1
7–18
Moses Polakoff and, 100
Tomas Dewey and, 110
MacArthur, Douglas, 62, 110
MacRae, Gordon, 88–89
Mad Dog Coll, 14
Madame Alexander, 31–32
Madden, Owney, 13, 14, 115
Mafia
FBI and, 203
Golda Meir’s reaction to, 223
Pete Mazzarino and, 214
Rocco Lombardo and, 212
Sandra’s drug addiction and, 219
Teriaca’s father and, 225
Vince’s promise to Meyer and, 216
Mafia Roadshow, 92
Majestic Apartments (New York), 14, 22, 181, 228
Majestic Theatre (New York), 1
Make Believe Ballroom (radio show), 44
“Mama Will Bark” (song), 104
Manganaro’s (grocery store), 212
Manhattan Riding Club, 88, 159, 197. See also Aldrich Stables
Mantle, Mickey, 194
Marcus, David “Mickey,” 110–111, 222
Marden, Ben, 53
Maria (dog), 144
Marlo, Micki (Moskowitz), 162, 171
Marriage
Buddy’s, 170–171
Mazzarino’s, 214
Meyer’s to Teddy, 76–77
parent’s, 23–24
Paul’s, 165
Sandra’s, 127–134, 216–217
Siegel’s, 26
Vince’s first, 215
Marsh, Joan, 152
Marsh, Joe, 152, 170
Martin, Billy, 194
Martin, Dean
Riviera Supper Club and, 7
Sandra’s affair with, 162–166, 187
Sands Hotel in Las Vegas and, 201
Swifty Morgan and, 70
Willie Moretti and, 104, 106
Martin, Gina, 166
Martin, Jeannie, 166
Mason, Jackie, 157
Mason, James, 142
Mathews, Larry, 159–160
Mayo Clinic, 226
Mazzarino, Pete, 214
McClellan Committee, 182
Meir, Golda, 222, 223
Memorial Hospital (Hollywood, Florida), 185
Mengele, Joseph, 224
Mental hospitals, 54–56, 59, 61, 219
Merman, Ethel, 104, 127
Mexican Hayride (Broadway show), 1
Mexico (honeymoon trip), 134–141
Miami, Florida
after parent’s divorce, 83–85, 120–123
honeymoon, 140–141
Lansky compound, 167
winter home, 49–50, 64–65
Military Academy. See West Point Military Academy
Military school, 30, 32–33
Miller, Glenn, 43
Miller, John, 181, 188
Miss Rheingold beauty contest, 71
Modeling experience, 158
Molaska, Inc., 24–25
Monroe, Marilyn, 159–160
Montgomery, Robert, 99, 204
Moonbeam’s Golden Genius (horse), 142
Moore, Willie (aka Willie Moretti). See Moretti, Willie
Moretti, Willie (aka Willie Moore)
Deal, New Jersey, 33
death, 104–107, 181, 183, 203
description of, 6
Frank Sinatra and, 7
Kefauver Hearings, 98
Riviera Supper Club, 53
Morgan, Swifty, 69, 70
Moskowitz, Micki, 162
Mr. Lucky (movie), 40
Mt. Nebo Cemetery (Miami), 228
Mt. Sinai Hospital (Miami), 224, 227
Mullins, Minnie (nanny), 21, 28, 33
Muni, Paul, 124
Murder, of Benny Siegel, 72–74, 181, 203
Murder Incorporated, 3, 26
My Friend Flicka (book), 48
‘Name That Tune (television show), 160
Nannies, 21, 28, 33, 64–67, 84
Naples, Italy, 14, 148–150
Nappy (dog), 144
National Enquirer (tabloid), 181
National Horse Show, Madison Square Garden, 123
National Velvet (movie), 48
New England Baptist Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts), 21
New Orleans, Louisiana, 26
New York Military Academy, 30, 62
New York Strip steaks, 152
Nightclubs, 25–26, 50. See also specific nightclubs
Nimitz, Chester, 62
Nixon, Donald, 221
Nixon, Richard, 221–222
Nixon administration, 222–225
Noonan, Connie, 155, 157
Normandie (ship), 16
North Shores Dog Tracks, 217
Notorious (movie), 204–205
Nursery school, 33
O’Brien, Hugh, 187
O’Dwyer, William, 91, 96, 98–99, 102
Oklahoma (Broadway show), 1
“An Old Fashioned Wedding” (song), 133
Olympics (Helsinki, Finland), 112, 195
On the Town (Broadway show), 1
Organized crime, 92
Oriental Park Racetrack (Havana, Cuba), 29
Ortiz, Jaime, 111
Ortiz, Manny, 45
Page, Patti, 97–98
Paine, Thomas, 46–47
Paraguay, 224
Park Sheraton Hotel (New York), 181
Parker, Suzy, 158
Peerce, Jan, 80
Pep, Willie, 45
Perillo Tours, 135, 146
Perona, Edwin, 188
Pet Heaven cemetery (Miami), 226
Petey (dog), 40–42
Phelps (Buddy’s Maryland doctor), 30
Phoenix, Arizona, 25–26, 28
Piaf, Edith, 133
Pickin’ Chicken (Miami Beach roadhouse), 49, 65, 79
Pine Crest School (Fort Lauderdale), 121
Piping Rock Club (Saratoga Springs), 115
Pisano, Augie, 203
P.J. Clarke’s (bar), 179
Plantation Yacht Harbor (Florida Keys), 114
Plastic surgery, 114–115, 118
Podell, Julie, 127
Polakoff, Moses, 17, 100, 102, 115, 117
Police Athletic League, 214
Pope, Gene, Jr., 181
Powell, Eleanor, 210
Prohibition era, 18–19, 25–26, 50–51
Prostitution, 18
Psychiatrists, 61, 72, 90, 106, 193
Public school, 67–68, 120–121
Racetracks, 25–26, 29
Radio shows, 44–45
Raft, George, 13, 61
Rainier, Prince of Monaco, 194
Rapoport, Anna (mother-in-law), 129, 135, 141
Rapoport, David Jay “D.J.” (son), 190–192, 195, 217–218
Rapoport, Evelyn (sister-in-law), 143
Rapoport, Gary Van (son), 145–146
Rapoport, Harry (father-in-law), 129, 141
Rapoport, Marvin (first husband)
bullfights, 143
divorce, 153–154
first meeting, 68–69
as fortune hunter, 153
gambling, 138
gay friends, 142, 153
home in Long Beach, 128–129
marriage to Sandra, 127–134
at National Horse Show, 124–125
relationship after divorce, 180, 190, 192
restaurant business, 151–152
sweet sixteen party, 126–127
Rapoport, Raymond (brother-in-law), 124
Rapoport’s Dairy Restaurant, 124, 133
Rascal House (delicatessen), 171, 220
Readers Digest (magazine), 221
Rebozo, Bebe, 221
Rego Park pharmacy, 219, 220
Restaurants, meeting with uncles at, 3–5. See also specific restaurants
Revson, Charles, 189–190
Rex Lee Fashion (horse), 142
Rheingold Brewery, 71
Rights of Man (Paine), 46–47
Riviera (Cuba), 177–178, 184
Riviera Supper Club (New Jersey)
casino gambling and, 53–54
Frank Sinatra and, 7–8, 25
George DeWitt and, 161
Joe Marsh and, 152, 170
Sandra’s exposure to, 85
Robinson, Edward G., 124
Robinson, Sugar Ray, 45
Roma di Notte (restaurant), 160
Roney Plaza Hotel (Florida), 49, 64, 84, 141
Roosevelt administration, 51
Rosen, Dan, 75
Rosen, Jackie, 73–74, 139
Rosen, Morris, 73, 74, 139
Rosen, “Nig” (aka Harry Stromberg), 41, 228
Rosenstiel, Lewis, 50–51
Roth, Emery, 88
Rothstein, Arnold, 182
Rumpelmayer’s (ice cream parlor), 88, 89, 103
Rusk (Buddy’s New York doctor), 63
St. Clare’s Hospital, 118
St. Moritz Hotel (New York), 87–88, 102
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 39
Saks
children’s shop, 31
of Miami, 85
Sandra working at, 155, 157–158
Salerno, Tony, 154, 217
Salvation Army, 9, 86
Salvatore. See Luciano, Charlie “Lucky”
Sands, Stafford, 209
Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 201, 217
Sanitarium, 54–56, 59, 61, 219
Saratoga Springs, New York, 25–26, 115–116
Sardi’s (restaurant), 3
Scheer (plastic surgeon), 114, 118
Schenley Whiskey, 50–51
Schrafft’s (restaurant), 103
Schultz, Dutch, 105–106
Schwab House (New York apartment building), 87, 102, 103
Schwartz, Richard, 225–226
Schwartz, Thelma “Teddy.” See Lansky, Thelma “Teddy”
Seafood workers’ union, 16
Seagull Kosher Hotel (Florida), 141
Sedway, Moey, 139
Segal, Champ, 69–70, 112
Seinfeld, Jerry, 37
Shaw, Artie, 43
Shaw, Dick, 169–170, 187
Sheridan, Eileen, 48–49, 72
Shook, Edna, 165
Siegel, Barbara, 10, 72–73
Siegel, Benny “Bugsy”
Beverly Hills mansion, 9–10
clothing style, 65
divorce, 61
early history with Meyer, 149–150
at Jersey Shore, 33
marriage, 26
mistress, 59, 60
murder of, 72–74, 181, 203
Siegel, Esther Krakower
as Anna’s best girlfriend, 10, 26, 31
Anna’s parallel life and, 59–61
Beverly Hills and, 9–10
divorce, 61
family background, 26
marriage, 26
murder of Benny, 73
Siegel, Hymie, 220
Siegel, Millicent, 10, 72–74, 139
Sigelbaum, Benjamin, 200, 201, 227–228
Sinatra, Frank
Buddy fan of, 43
George DeWitt and, 161
Joe E. Lewis and, 70
low point in career, 104
Nancy Attina and, 64, 66
spilled ice on Sandra, 25, 53, 106
Swifty Morgan and, 70
Willie Moretti and, 7
The $64,000 Question (television show), 189
Smith, Lou, 29
Solomon, Charlie, 27–28
South Broward High School, 121
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