The life of Geri Rosenthal, one of Las Vegas's most notorious mob wives, recounted in new book

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  @justanotherguy469 · 1 year ago

  I have to give Mr. Rosenthal respect for the way he answered the question about the mother of his children, his ex-wife. Classy.

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• JO

  @joefran619 · 1 year ago

  To this day, there is the same number of blueberries in every muffin!

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• SY

  @synchro505 · 1 year ago

  George Knapp is a national treasure. Still covering the most fascinating stories as a top notch journalist.

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  @theylied1776 · 1 year ago

  According to Michael Franzese, cheating with an associate's wife was grounds for you to be "disappeared". No one could save you.

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• JO

  @JOHNROBERTCRUZ · 1 year ago

  Rosenthal&apos;s comments at the end about his wife...was...<br>THE EPITOME OF GRACE &amp; CLASS... (RIP)

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  @crimetimewithjess5366 · 1 year ago

  I don&apos;t really see him as a carrying a torch, more that he&apos;s respecting his kids by not speaking ill of her after she passed away.

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• GO

  @goodbraddah · 1 year ago (edited)

  He wouldn&apos;t say anything bad about his wife because of they have children together...His torch is for his kids..

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  @MayimHastings · 1 year ago

  This was such a well done piece! Shout out to whoever edited it 🏆

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• JO

  @joevenezio6579 · 1 year ago

  Rosenthal went to Florida owned a bar called Crocs.

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• MR

  @mrsbluesky8415 · 1 year ago

  I moved to LV in the 80s and miss seeing all the great reporters we had then. George Knapp, Gwen Castaldi, Trace Gallagher, Ned Day etc. Straight up reporting and they checked facts. A lost art today.

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  @russellseilhamer4552 · 1 year ago

  Rosenthal was a very interesting and compelling mob figure. He wasn’t made, could never be made because he was Jewish but he knew the ins and outs of gambling and how to run a booking operation so it was natural that the Chicago Mob would use him to run the casinos. He ran a very tight ship and he was a massive earner for the mob which is better than being made but he was an employee of the mafia. The Chicago mob gave him the opportunity to run these casinos but it brought down heat from the feds and disqualified him from ever getting a casino license. I think he became an FBI informant because it gave him a certain amount of immunity from the crimes being committed and also he hoped that cooperation with the FBI might help him get his coveted Casino license. Rosenthal by 1976 or 77 didn’t need the mob anymore, he could’ve succeeded with a legitimate casino business. The mob probably undercut Lefty financially knowing that Lefty would never be able to get his coveted Casino license which would unlock the door to multi million dollar career opportunities in the business. Lefty was Chicagos guy but KC and Milwaukee didn’t trust him and didn’t like him and they too owned a piece of Argent corporation. It was Milwaukee Phil whom ordered the car bombing of Lefty. As for Geri cheating with Tony, Lefty knew to suck it up and not make a stink. I think Tony knew that Lefty knew about the affair and it was about Tony sticking it to Lefty because of petty jealousy. Aside from the prospect of Lefty making a stink about the affair which he was wise enough not to do, Tony didn’t have a reason to try to kill Lefty and would not have used a car bomb. How much damage did Lefty do as an FBI informant? He was never indicted nor called to testify in any operation Strawman trials. One thing that the mob tried to do was keep Lefty’s nose clean and not get him involved in the dirty work but I’m sure if he had a problem, they’d take care of it for him so there probably wasn’t much to charge Lefty with anyway

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  @Theimperialone-o2g · 1 year ago

  The crazy thing is she actually looked like sharon stone and spilotro looked like joe pesci

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