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Authors: Sandra Lansky
Abrams, Elizabeth,
216–217
Adonis, Joe (aka Joe Doto)
Benny Siegel and,
65
daughter Maria Doto and,
157
description of,
6
exile to Italy,
183
magazine publication about,
90
Affairs
Dean Martin,
162–166
Dick Shaw,
169–170
George DeWitt,
160–162
Wynne Lassner,
178–179
Aldrich Stables,
48–49
,
68
,
88
,
125
,
159
.
See also
Manhattan Riding Club
Aleichem, Sholem,
124
Allen, Charles,
209
Allen, Steve,
177
“Almost Like Being in Love” (song),
133
Alo, Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes,”
12
,
65–66
,
85
,
200
,
228
Aloi, Sebastian “Buster,”
219
Anderson, Chuck,
188
Andrea Doria
(ship),
151
Angelo’s (restaurant),
149
Annenberg, Moe,
30
Annenberg, Walter,
30
Annie Get Your Gun
(Broadway show),
104
Aristocrat Hotel (New York),
191
Arkansas, Hot Springs,
13–14
.
See also
Kefauver, Estes
Arlington Hotel (Hot Springs, Arkansas),
13
Arrowhead Inn Nightclub (Saratoga Springs, New York),
115
Asunción, Paraguay,
224
Atlantic Monthly
(magazine),
221
Attina, Nancy (nanny),
64–67
,
84
Automat (New York),
5
Avenue X Gang,
213
Backus, Jim,
179
Ballston Spa, New York,
116–117
,
207
Bambi (dog),
149
Bardot, Brigitte,
158
Barrie, Wendy,
60
Barrymore, John,
128–129
Barton, Eileen,
178
Batista, Fulgencio,
29
,
167–168
,
183
Bemelmans Bar,
163
Bennett, Tony,
43
Beresford (New York apartment),
12
,
14
,
15
,
37–38
,
87
Berlin, Irving,
3
Berman, Dave,
139
Berra, Yogi,
194
Best & Co. (hair salon),
31
Beverly Hills, Siegel mansion,
9–10
The Bible
(movie),
12
Biegger, Jeannie,
169
Biller, Bill,
53
Birch Wathen (school),
40
,
50
,
67
Birnbaum, Lillian,
158
Blanche, Billy,
117
Block, Martin,
45
Bo-Bo (restaurant),
196
Bogart, Humphrey,
128–129
Bormann, Martin,
224
Boston, Massachusetts,
21–23
,
27–28
Boston Blackie
(radio show),
45
Boston’s Children’s Hospital,
22–23
231
Brasserie (restaurant),
178
Brewer, Teresa,
53
Broadway Melody of 1940
(movie),
210
Broadway shows,
1–3
.
See also specific shows
Broward County, Florida,
26
,
50
,
105
,
114
Bugs and Meyer Mob,
10
Burdines (department store),
85
Burke, Paul,
178
Café de la Paix,
88
Cagney, James,
128–129
Calhoun School (New York),
67–68
,
103
,
106
,
144
California (Naples restaurant),
148
Call Me Madam
(Broadway show),
104
Calloway, Cab,
45
Camp High Point (Ulster County, New York),
79–80
Cantinflas (comedian),
177
Carfano, “Little Augie,”
64–65
,
188
Carlyle Hotel (New York),
163
,
189
Carousel
(Broadway show),
1–3
,
70
Carpet joints (clubs),
25
Carruthers (Buddy’s Boston doctor),
23
,
28
Casino gambling
Atlantic City, New Jersey,
53–54
beginning of,
25–27
Havana, Cuba,
28–30
,
105
,
167–168
,
183–185
Hot Springs, Arkansas,
14
Saratoga Springs, New York,
115
Cast a Giant Shadow
(movie),
111
Catena, Jerry,
33
Cavanagh’s (restaurant),
5
Chandler, Jeff,
187
Chess, Esther,
118
.
See also
Lansky, Esther
Chevalier, Maurice,
133
Christ Cella (restaurant),
152
Christian Science Reading Room,
22
Christmas celebrations,
21
Cincinnati, Ohio,
25–26
Citron, Anna (later Lansky).
See
Lansky, Anna (mother)
Citron, Julie (uncle),
54
,
83
,
119–120
,
146
Citron, Moses (grandfather),
23–25
,
48
,
72–73
Citron, Shelma (grandmother),
23
Clooney, Rosemary,
43
Club Boheme (Florida nightclub),
50
,
85
,
114
Cobb, Lee J.,
124
Cocoanut Grove (Boston nightclub),
28
Coffee shops,
51–52
Cohen, Wolfie,
171
Cole, Nat King,
138
Colombo, Joe,
219
Colonial Inn (Florida nightclub),
50
,
60
,
64–65
,
78
,
85
,
114
Colonial School (Miami Beach, Florida),
50
Colony (restaurant),
178
Common Sense
(Paine),
46–47
Copa Girls,
127
Copacabana
Buddy’s introduction to,
43
children’s Christmas party at,
86
Jack Entratter and,
201
last Martin and Lewis show at,
162–163
Sandra’s avoidance of,
178
,
188–189
Sandra’s exposure to,
85
sweet sixteen party,
113
,
126–127
Vince Lombardo as bouncer at,
210
,
214
Copley Plaza Hotel (Massachusetts),
217
Coppola, Francis,
30
Costello, Frank
assassination attempt on,
181
Carlo Gambino and,
203
death of,
228
description of,
5
early history with Meyer,
150
Kefauver Committee hearings,
92–96
magazine publication about,
90
as successor of Charlie Luciano,
14
Cotton Club (Harlem, New York),
13
Crippled Children’s Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts),
195
,
218
Crosby, Gary,
172–173
Cuba, Havana.
See
Havana, Cuba
Dallas, Texas,
25–26
d’Amato, Skinny,
161
Damone, Vic,
177
Dannemora Prison (New York),
14
,
17
Danny’s Hide-Away,
187–188
Davey Crockett
(television series),
92
Davis, Sammy, Jr.,
7
Deal, New Jersey (aka Gangster Riviera),
33–34
Deerfield Academy,
89
Desert Inn,
139
Devine, Ida,
201
Devine, Irving “Niggy,”
200
,
201
,
228
DeWitt, George,
160–162
Diet pills,
159
,
179–180
,
187
,
218–219
Dietrich, Marlene,
88
DiMaggio, Joe,
187
Dinners
at home,
41–43
with uncles,
3–5
Dinty Moore’s (restaurant)
Ethel Merman and,
104
George Wood and,
7
Sandra’s avoidance of,
178
Sandra’s meeting with Meyer at,
120
,
205
Tony Salerno and,
154
Diplomat Hotel (Florida),
165
,
166
Disney, Walt,
92
Divorce
Buddy’s,
226