They have also inspired several films, including The Krays and Legend , which starred Tom Hardy as both brothers. We strive for accuracy and fairness.
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He died in his sleep overnight just days before the chronicle of his three decades in prison was due in bookshops next week. He died without being able to fulfil his dying wish - a countryside stroll with his wife, Roberta The publisher of A Way of Life said earlier this week that Kray had expressed "a certain amount of repentance" after his 32 years behind bars.
In an excerpt from the book published by a British tabloid Kray reveals that deep despair in the s drove him to try to commit suicide by hacking at his arms with the blades of a disposable razor and glass broken from his spectacles. The one-time terror of gangland London also warned would-be toughs to stay on the straight and narrow. Do not follow in my footsteps. Rather than returning to London's East End, Reggie is likely to live out his last days at his wife's home a few miles from his Norfolk prison, where she moved two years ago to be closer to him.
Insiders at the hospital say Kray is unlikely to leave his bed, let alone take part in any welcome home parties. Anne Osborn, acting chief executive at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital said: 'Mr Kray will not be leaving in the foreseeable future. Reggie and his twin, Ronnie, led Britain's most notorious criminal clan. Their gang, The Firm, established a Mafia-style grip on London's criminal underworld in the Sixties, specialising in protection and extortion rackets.
The Twins, as Ronnie and Reggie were universally known, were born in Bethnal Green, east London, in , with Reggie the younger by 45 minutes. The family was part Irish, Jewish, Gypsy and Austrian.
Their father was a second-hand clothes dealer. The actor Barbara Windsor, whose ex-husband Ronnie Knight was a friend of the Krays, was one of the first to pay tribute. Charlie and Reggie came to see me after a show. They were charming and polite.
Tony Lambrianou, the man who disposed of McVitie by locking his body in a car and crushing the vehicle into a 3ft sq cube, said Reggie's past should be forgotten. Let's get this in perspective here. They done unto those what they would have done to them and this involved other villains.
It's not an excuse, that's just facts. The shame was that he did not have a couple of years of proper freedom.
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