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 Home of Fiona Chalom The home where infamous mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was shot and killed 75 years ago has come on the market in Beverly Hills. Listed with Myra Nourmand of Nourmand & Associates, the Spanish Colonial-style mansion on North Linden Drive has an asking price of $16.995 million. Siegel — the ruthless gangster who socialized with Hollywood stars and also drove the early development of Las Vegas — didn’t own the house. He leased it for his mistress, Virginia Hill, who served as a courier for the mob. On the night of June 20, 1947, Siegel was killed by an assailant who fired at him through the front window of the home with an M1 Carbine, dispatching him with two gunshots to the head. The case was never solved. (A photo in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner collection shows a detective pointing to five bullet holes in the wall the day after the murder.) The seven-bedroom house has had a number of different owners in the years since Siegel’s murder and last changed...

  The California Spanish Colonial-style mansion where the  1947 murder of mobster Bugsy Siegel  took place is now on the market for $17 million. The New York native was instrumental in the creation of the Las Vegas Strip, and according to  The Hollywood Reporte r, leased the seven-bedroom and six-bathroom  home  for his mistress, Virginia Hill. It is perched on the west end of Beverly Hills on Linden Drive, sits on a half-acre of land, and boasts more than 7,000 square feet. According to its  listing agent , Myra Nourmand, it stands in pristine condition even years after it first rose to popularity. She tells PEOPLE: “Unlike so many others of that era, it has been beautifully preserved with original details, like hand-painted tiles and iron railings, yet complemented with modern amenities including a new pool and state-of-the-art appliances.” The current owners of the property are Beverly Hills-based plastic surgeon, Dr. Joel Aronowiz — who has worked ...

  A little bit of crime biz history has hit the market. The tony Southern California villa where a Jewish mobster met his demise is looking for a new owner. In 1947, Bugsy Siegel — known for his involvement in developing the Las Vegas Strip and being a gangster — breathed his last breath, aged 41, when a sniper shot him through the window of a Beverly Hills home. That property is now available for purchase for a cool $16.99 million with Myra Nourmand of Nourmand & Associates. “The Bugsy Siegel Estate is very special,” Nourmand told The Post of the seven-bedroom manse. She sees the buyer being someone with an eye for architecture and period houses looking for something more unique than your average cookie-cutter modern. “The seller did a lot of restoration work throughout the house to uphold its original character and design including the bathrooms, which have been restored to their original design,” she added of the current owners,  Fiona Chalom  and plastic surgeon D...