Old School Kansas City Mobster Craps Out

These kind of stories were very popular back when the public memory of old world gangsters was more relevant . . . Now the legacy has faded along with once familiar names. 

Still, this trip down memory lane is worthwhile . . . Check-it:  

Peter “Las Vegas Pete” Simone, reputed Kansas City Mafia underboss, gambling kingpin and unindicted co-conspirator in a 1990 mob hit has died. He was 79.

Simone died last Thursday, two days shy of his 80th birthday, from lung cancer.

“Pete spent his 80 years in a way that reflected his core values of loyalty, honor, and friendship,” according to his Passantino Bros. Funeral Home obituary.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

'Las Vegas Pete' Simone, Kansas City mobster who helped run gambling empire, dies at 79

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