The Men Behind Mob Wives: Benjamin “Lefty Guns” Ruggiero

By Kiesha Joseph
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Published: Sep. 15, 2012
Words: 4,535 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301261857

Short description

Benjamin Ruggiero is the late grandfather of Ramona Rizzo of VH1 Mob Wives. He was well known in La Cosa Nostra as “Lefty Two Guns”, “Lefty Guns” and “Lefty.” He was given the nickname, Lefty, because when he shot dice, he always roll them with his left hand. The nickname, Two Guns, came from the observation that whenever he shot someone, he always did it with one gun in each hand.

Extended description

Benjamin Ruggiero is the late grandfather of Ramona Rizzo of VH1 Mob Wives. He was well known in La Cosa Nostra as “Lefty Two Guns”, “Lefty Guns” and “Lefty.” He was given the nickname, Lefty, because when he shot dice, he always roll them with his left hand. The nickname, Two Guns, came from the observation that whenever he shot someone, he always did it with one gun in each hand.

Lefty was a La Cosa Nostra mobster who refused to turn into a mob rat, even to save his own life. “Lefty Two Guns” Ruggiero was a Bonanno Crime Family soldier, well known as the friend and mentor of undercover FBI agent Joseph "Donnie Brasco" Pistone, who infiltrated The Family during an undercover operation. The hit movie “Donnie Brasco”, starring Al Pacino, was based on this agent's interactions with Lefty.

This is the biography of Lefty Ruggiero AKA Lefty Two Guns. Get to know him, as a person, not just the soldier who was fooled by Donnie Brasco, or grandfather of one of the VH1 .. (Read more) Benjamin Ruggiero is the late grandfather of Ramona Rizzo of VH1 Mob Wives. He was well known in La Cosa Nostra as “Lefty Two Guns”, “Lefty Guns” and “Lefty.” He was given the nickname, Lefty, because when he shot dice, he always roll them with his left hand. The nickname, Two Guns, came from the observation that whenever he shot someone, he always did it with one gun in each hand.

Lefty was a La Cosa Nostra mobster who refused to turn into a mob rat, even to save his own life. “Lefty Two Guns” Ruggiero was a Bonanno Crime Family soldier, well known as the friend and mentor of undercover FBI agent Joseph "Donnie Brasco" Pistone, who infiltrated The Family during an undercover operation. The hit movie “Donnie Brasco”, starring Al Pacino, was based on this agent's interactions with Lefty.

This is the biography of Lefty Ruggiero AKA Lefty Two Guns. Get to know him, as a person, not just the soldier who was fooled by Donnie Brasco, or grandfather of one of the VH1 Mob Wives.

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