The Real Story of Bugsy’s MollBy Elinor BurkettHer joie de vivre also extended to fisticuffs –
The Real Story of Bugsy’s MollBy Elinor BurkettHer joie de vivre also extended to fisticuffs – as a participant, not a spectator.For years her opponents were reporters whom she threatened to shoot, mangle, stab and blow up with atomic bombs.Her most spectacular performance took place in in Las Vegas, in an incident in which she flew into a jealous rage when [Benjamin] Siegel started talking with a blond cigarette girl. Betty Dexter wound up in Clark County General Hospital with two broken vertebrae.Washington Post, January 1, 1992[Photo taken of Hill in March 1951 by Alfred Eisenstaedt] -- source link
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