Originally Posted By: ItalianIrishMix
I will begin with Frank Costello's life was saved by Lucky because Frank or Lucky was the one who convinced the other family heavyweights to invest heavily in Las Vegas and Bugsy's Flamingo fiasco.
Lucky told Frank to pay all them back from his own pocket or his life was on the line.

What are some other very close brushes with death?.....Too many of them.
Not dodging bullets type. The ones that got saved from sit-downs.


I have never heard that before, what families did Costello have to pay back? From what I understood the only person who ever threatened Costello was Genovese. Not saying that you are wrong, but do you have a cite for that?