TAMPA — As a child, Gary Rapoport didn’t question why FBI agents regularly followed his grandfather Meyer Lansky. “We would go for a walk and could see across the street there were two guys,” he said.

Looks like mobsters could be as sentimental and sappy as the next guy. (We feel almost safe saying this as Miami Beach gangster Meyer Lansky has been dead for more than 36 years.) A one-page, ...

Meyer Lansky (born Meier Suchowlanski, July 4, 1902-Jan. 15, 1983) was organized crime’s “Accountant” and was associated with gangster Charles “Lucky” Luciano. Meyer, along with Luciano, was ...