Bugsy Siegel, the glamour-loving gangster, was shot down in Beverly Hills on this day in 1947

A drive-by shooter unloads nine rounds through the front window of a Beverly Hills home, instantly killing notorious gangster Bugsy Siegel.

A founder of the small but promising Las Vegas casino scene, the pal of movie stars and moguls, and head of the Mafia's west coast syndicate, is dead at 41.

No one was charged with the murder, and the crime remains officially unsolved.