Daughter of the King (38 page)

Olympics (Helsinki, Finland),
112
,
195

On the Town
(Broadway show),
1

Organized crime,
92

Oriental Park Racetrack (Havana, Cuba),
29

Ortiz, Jaime,
111

Ortiz, Manny,
45

Page, Patti,
97–98

Paine, Thomas,
46–47

Paraguay,
224

Park Sheraton Hotel (New York),
181

Parker, Suzy,
158

Peerce, Jan,
80

Pep, Willie,
45

Perillo Tours,
135
,
146

Perona, Edwin,
188

Pet Heaven cemetery (Miami),
226

Petey (dog),
40–42

Phelps (Buddy’s Maryland doctor),
30

Phoenix, Arizona,
25–26
,
28

Piaf, Edith,
133

Pickin’ Chicken (Miami Beach roadhouse),
49
,
65
,
79

Pine Crest School (Fort Lauderdale),
121

Piping Rock Club (Saratoga Springs),
115

Pisano, Augie,
203

P.J. Clarke’s (bar),
179

Plantation Yacht Harbor (Florida Keys),
114

Plastic surgery,
114–115
,
118

Podell, Julie,
127

Polakoff, Moses,
17
,
100
,
102
,
115
,
117

Police Athletic League,
214

Pope, Gene, Jr.,
181

Powell, Eleanor,
210

Prohibition era,
18–19
,
25–26
,
50–51

Prostitution,
18

Psychiatrists,
61
,
72
,
90
,
106
,
193

Public school,
67–68
,
120–121

Racetracks,
25–26
,
29

Radio shows,
44–45

Raft, George,
13
,
61

Rainier, Prince of Monaco,
194

Rapoport, Anna (mother-in-law),
129
,
135
,
141

Rapoport, David Jay “D.J.” (son),
190–192
,
195
,
217–218

Rapoport, Evelyn (sister-in-law),
143

Rapoport, Gary Van (son),
145–146

Rapoport, Harry (father-in-law),
129
,
141

Rapoport, Marvin (first husband)

        
bullfights,
143

        
divorce,
153–154

        
first meeting,
68–69

        
as fortune hunter,
153

        
gambling,
138

        
gay friends,
142
,
153

        
home in Long Beach,
128–129

        
marriage to Sandra,
127–134

        
at National Horse Show,
124–125

        
relationship after divorce,
180
,
190
,
192

        
restaurant business,
151–152

        
sweet sixteen party,
126–127

Rapoport, Raymond (brother-in-law),
124

Rapoport’s Dairy Restaurant,
124
,
133

Rascal House (delicatessen),
171
,
220

Readers Digest
(magazine),
221

Rebozo, Bebe,
221

Rego Park pharmacy,
219
,
220

Restaurants, meeting with uncles at,
3–5
.
See also specific restaurants

Revson, Charles,
189–190

Rex Lee Fashion (horse),
142

Rheingold Brewery,
71

Rights
of Man
(Paine),
46–47

Riviera (Cuba),
177–178
,
184

Riviera Supper Club (New Jersey)

        
casino gambling and,
53–54

        
Frank Sinatra and,
7–8
,
25

        
George DeWitt and,
161

        
Joe Marsh and,
152
,
170

        
Sandra’s exposure to,
85

Robinson, Edward G.,
124

Robinson, Sugar Ray,
45

Roma di Notte (restaurant),
160

Roney Plaza Hotel (Florida),
49
,
64
,
84
,
141

Roosevelt administration,
51

Rosen, Dan,
75

Rosen, Jackie,
73–74
,
139

Rosen, Morris,
73
,
74
,
139

Rosen, “Nig” (aka Harry Stromberg),
41
,
228

Rosenstiel, Lewis,
50–51

Roth, Emery,
88

Rothstein, Arnold,
182

Rumpelmayer’s (ice cream parlor),
88
,
89
,
103

Rusk (Buddy’s New York doctor),
63

St. Clare’s Hospital,
118

St. Moritz Hotel (New York),
87–88
,
102

St. Patrick’s Cathedral,
39

Saks

        
children’s shop,
31

        
of Miami,
85

        
Sandra working at,
155
,
157–158

Salerno, Tony,
154
,
217

Salvation Army,
9
,
86

Salvatore.
See
Luciano, Charlie “Lucky”

Sands, Stafford,
209

Sands Hotel (Las Vegas),
201
,
217

Sanitarium,
54–56
,
59
,
61
,
219

Saratoga Springs, New York,
25–26
,
115–116

Sardi’s (restaurant),
3

Scheer (plastic surgeon),
114
,
118

Schenley Whiskey,
50–51

Schrafft’s (restaurant),
103

Schultz, Dutch,
105–106

Schwab House (New York apartment building),
87
,
102
,
103

Schwartz, Richard,
225–226

Schwartz, Thelma “Teddy.”
See
Lansky, Thelma “Teddy”

Seafood workers’ union,
16

Seagull Kosher Hotel (Florida),
141

Sedway, Moey,
139

Segal, Champ,
69–70
,
112

Seinfeld, Jerry,
37

Shaw, Artie,
43

Shaw, Dick,
169–170
,
187

Sheridan, Eileen,
48–49
,
72

Shook, Edna,
165

Siegel, Barbara,
10
,
72–73

Siegel, Benny “Bugsy”

        
Beverly Hills mansion,
9–10

        
clothing style,
65

        
divorce,
61

        
early history with Meyer,
149–150

        
at Jersey Shore,
33

        
marriage,
26

        
mistress,
59
,
60

        
murder of,
72–74
,
181
,
203

Siegel, Esther Krakower

        
as Anna’s best girlfriend,
10
,
26
,
31

        
Anna’s parallel life and,
59–61

        
Beverly Hills and,
9–10

        
divorce,
61

        
family background,
26

        
marriage,
26

        
murder of Benny,
73

Siegel, Hymie,
220

Siegel, Millicent,
10
,
72–74
,
139

Sigelbaum, Benjamin,
200
,
201
,
227–228

Sinatra, Frank

        
Buddy fan of,
43

        
George DeWitt and,
161

        
Joe E. Lewis and,
70

        
low point in career,
104

        
Nancy Attina and,
64
,
66

        
spilled ice on Sandra,
25
,
53
,
106

        
Swifty Morgan and,
70

        
Willie Moretti and,
7

The $64,000 Question
(television show),
189

Smith, Lou,
29

Solomon, Charlie,
27–28

South Broward High School,
121

South Pacific
(Broadway show),
80

Southern Club (Hot Springs, Arkansas),
14

Southern nativists,
101

Spindletop (restaurant),
152
,
154
,
170
,
180
,
218

Stacher, Doc,
15
,
19
,
33
,
85
,
115–116
,
222–223

Stark, Ray,
209

Steinberg’s Dairy Restaurant,
103
,
119
,
124

Stella Dallas
(radio show),
45

Stork Club (New York),
4
,
13
,
178
,
193

Stradella, Danny,
188

Stroessner dictatorship (Paraguay),
224

Stromberg, Dan,
41

Stromberg, Harry (aka “Nig” Rosen),
41

Sullivan, Ed,
71
,
157

Sullivan School (Washington prep school),
78

Summer camp,
75–76
,
79–80

Super Chief (train),
9
,
72

Susann, Jacqueline,
159

Syms, Billy,
169

Talent Scouts
(television show),
71

Tammany Hall,
86

Television, watching,
45
.
See also specific shows

Temple Emanu-el (New York),
132

Ten Thousand Bedrooms
(movie),
163

“Tennessee Waltz” (song),
97–98

Teresa, Vincent “Fat Vinnie,”
224–225

Teriaca, Craig,
225

Thayer Hotel (West Point),
109–110

Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas),
137–138

Tiger (dog),
220
,
226

Time Clock (horse),
88
,
125

Times Square,
52

“The Too Fat Polka” (song),
71

Toots Shor’s (restaurant),
178
,
187

Trafficante, Santo,
65

Tranchinas family,
212

Trans World Airlines,
85

Tropical Bar (New York),
210

Tropicana Hotel (Las Vegas),
139

Trump, Donald,
30

Tucker, Richard,
80