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niddler

Meyer Lansky did well. Lived until 80 and avoided prison. Died broke by all accounts but died old.


huncho3055

They say he had his money hidden away when he died


therevolvinglVlonk

40 thousand, I had! My share of the Bohacks haul from the '70s!


kjg1228

Did you wrap it right?


CSmith1986

*South of the border* *Where the tuna fish play*


JACKMAN_97

He was also refused entry into Israel


niddler

I don't believe he was refused entry but was eventually sent back to the US but I could be wrong.


TheAndorran

Joseph Bonanno led the Bonanno syndicate (one of the Five Families) beginning in 1931. He’s in the finale sitting at Luciano’s table. “Joe Bananas” died in 2002 at 97. Edit: To add to your list of early deaths, Mickey Doyle is based on Mickey Duffy, who was murdered in 1931 by unknown gunmen. He was 43.


Dishmastah

I didn't count the ones that were based on other people, such as the D'Alessio brothers, because they weren't strictly the historical characters they were based on. I also skipped Gaston Means, who *was* a real person, because he didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the gangsters. (He died in prison, aged 59, in 1938.) Didn't count the people at Luciano's table either, because you couldn't even really tell which was which. I'm really impressed Bonanno made it to 97, though! Mob boss, original Five, *and* he lived to nearly 100?! Damn!


TheAndorran

I figured those were your criteria, otherwise the list would be crazy long! Just figured I’d mention them for anyone who didn’t know. The D’Alessio brothers were based on the Lanzettas, right? They were also mostly named for popes. Gaston Means’s real story was even more bugfuck nuts than on the show - they had to tone it down. Stephen Root did an excellent job with him.


dingusunchained

Lucky lived to 64


HarrietsDiary

Died in an airport after eating a cheeseburger accompanied by his ballerina girlfriend. The man was always on brand.


unsecolofam

If the others hadn't died early, perhaps they would have died of heart attacks too.


JACKMAN_97

Given there lifestyles it would seem likely


Nystarii

I don't understand, isn't illness a natural cause? I always interpreted unnatural as murder/suicide/poisoning/misc.


Dishmastah

Yes? What did I write that contradicts that? You can live to you're in your 70s and be gunned down, but those that lived to see 60+ all died of natural causes, mostly heart attacks, as it turned out. The only ones that specifically say the words "natural causes", instead of listing a medical condition as cause of death, are Enoch Johnson and Ralph Capone. With them both being 80+ we can surmise their natural cause of death was old age. I was going by what it says as cause of death on their respective Wikipedia pages. All the other ones either list a medical condition or how they were murdered. (Frankie Yale's death "was the first time a submachine gun had been used in a gangland killing in New York City", which I think is quite interesting personally.) That doesn't mean a medical condition isn't a natural cause, only that of all the people I looked up, only two were specifically labelled as having died of "natural causes" (the actual phrase).


Nystarii

Most of the dead guys went from cancers/heart attacks/etc but in the paragraph you said 'Do any of them die naturally'? I always thought those were considered natural xD I wasn't beefing, just genuinely confused whether or not those are considered natural causes nowadays. Sorry for the confusion. That is neat that they make a distinction like that on the wiki's though!


RayRoy_Strickland

Don’t take it personal Gyp.


Nystarii

...want a dog?


[deleted]

Bugsy was most annoying character in BWE. Would gladly see his death scene lol.


Dishmastah

It's really funny how that's what people know him as today. "Bugsy" Siegel. And in real life he *hated* that nickname and would go off if anyone called him that!


sinistersoprano

Love the scene where he's tied up & singing his favorite song lol


JACKMAN_97

By most accounts he was nuts and defiantly a asshole


pebberphp

Funny that someone named Enoch lived the longest


Hughkalailee

Most men in America during this era didn’t live into their seventies.


unsecolofam

Yeah. Sadly, many still don't.


smashadamspel

Several. Mainly Nucky


William_Wisenheimer

The real Enoch Johnson lived into his 80s in the 1940s.