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Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, the inspiration for the character played by DeNiro in the movie “Casino” has died at age 79.

Rosenthal was a Stardust casino executive before it was seized by the FBI. He was a legendary bookmaker that was banned from Nevada casinos as a member of the ‘Black Book’.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/30982809.html

Rosenthal maintaned a website right up until his death:

http://frankrosenthal.com/ 

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