Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, one of the most notorious names in the 1970s-1980s history of the Las Vegas Strip has died at the age of 79 in Florida.
The 1995 movie, "Casino," directed by Martin Scorcese and starring Robert DeNiro as a Sam "Ace" Rothstein, was essentially an idealized version of Rosenthal and boosted Rosenthal's fame later in life.
