1947 FLAMINGO HOTEL CASINO LAS VEGAS NEWS BUREAU PRESS PHOTO VIRGINIA HILL

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Quite scarce to find any photos of Virginia Hill especially one with direct ref. to Benjamin Siegel. Ref. the back & front of the photo it came from the wire press you can see that the inscriptions on the back are original ink stamps if copied they would all be the same color. The front is how it came over the "Int'l. wire service" which appears as a negative copy. The inscription text on the photo says.....
NY248- 7/21/47....."Bugsy's girl friend after sleeping pill incident- Beaulieu, France"..."This is the 1st photo of Virginia Hill alleged girl friend of the late Bugsy Siegel following her bout with death from an overdose of sleeping pills. She is shown with her nurse and a friend Mr. H. Sillis De Coninck. Photo was taken at Beaulieu, near Nice on the French Riviera.".....Also says full service credit INP i.e. Int'l. Press Soundphoto.........Transmission time:1657 E.D.T. The text on the photo is ledegiable & readable camera glare on the photo.
Virginia Hill fled her Home in Los Angeles to Beaulieu, France just prior to Bugsy being killed.....He was killed 6/20/47. She suspected that the "mob" was after her for embezzling money from the Flamingo building fund and gambling assets. She overdosed on sleeping pills after hearing of Siegels death.
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