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Esta Krakower
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Esta Siegel (born Estelle Krakower) (1911-1982) was the ex-wife of gangster and the sister of Whitey Krakower. Estelle Krakower was born in New York City to Phillip and Minnie Krakower in 1911 and married Benjamin Siegel on January 27, 1929 in Brooklyn. Their marriage ended in divorce in December 1946. She then returned to New York City following the divorce to raise their two daughters. Both girls were ages 16 and 14 at the time of their father's death. Siegel died in January 1982, shortly before her 70th birthday, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and was interred in a mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, near her ex-husband. Esta Siegel was portrayed in the Barry Levinson film Bugsy by actress Wendy Phillips. |
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