In the early Seventies, Hank Messick wrote an unauthorized bio of Meyer Lansky and claimed he was the boss of organized crime, worth $300 million. Both were insane exaggerations, but they stuck. Robert Lacey, who wrote an outstanding bio of Lansky, said he was worth no more than $5-6 million at his peak, and died almost broke.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.