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  1. Benjamin " Lefty " Ruggiero (April 19, 1926 – November 24, 1994 [nb 1]) was an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for his friendship and mentorship of FBI undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone, who Ruggiero knew as Donnie Brasco.

  2. Dec 6, 2023 · Lefty Ruggiero was a real-life gangster who rose through the ranks of the Bonanno crime family. He formed a close bond with FBI agent Joseph Pistone, who infiltrated the Mafia as Donnie Brasco, but their relationship was not as dramatic as the movie portrays.

  3. Jun 29, 2014 · Learn about the life and crimes of Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero, a Bonanno crime family soldier and enforcer who became an FBI informant after being introduced to undercover agent Donnie Brasco. Find out how he survived a hit, testified against his mob associates, and was portrayed by Al Pacino in the movie Donnie Brasco.

  4. Benjamin Ruggiero was a Bonanno crime family soldier and a close associate of FBI agent Joseph Pistone, who infiltrated the mafia as Donnie Brasco. He was arrested in 1981 and sentenced to fifteen years in prison, where he died in 1994.

  5. May 21, 2024 · Joseph Pistone, alias Donnie Brasco, was a former undercover FBI agent who spent six years in the New York Mafia. He befriended Benjamin "Lefty Guns" Ruggiero, a Bonanno crime family member, and gathered evidence that led to the imprisonment of over a hundred Mafiosi.

  6. Jul 9, 2023 · The unforgettable saga of Ruggiero, a mobster whose life was entangled with money, power, and respect. Witness the relentless pursuit of wealth, the brutal battles for...

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  8. Benjamin " Lefty " Ruggiero (April 19, 1926 – November 24, 1994) was an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for his friendship and mentorship of FBI undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone, who Ruggiero knew as Donnie Brasco.