You may not have known who he was, but his influence is unmistakable.
Rosenthal died of a heart attack in his Florida home October 13, 2008.


RIP Lefty

http://frankrosenthal.com/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rosenthal
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4952398.ece
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008...l-dies-age-79/
For those that don't know, his life was the basis of this movie...
Sam "Ace" Rothstein
is Lefty Rosenthal
this is the real pic of his car after the attempted bombing in 1982
and his buddy Tony the Ant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Spilotro
was, of course, played by Joe Pesci
