Ronnie Kray; Gangster Once Ruled London Underworld

Ronnie Kray, 61, a convicted murderer who with his twin brother earned international notoriety as vicious gangsters and murderers. Kray and his brother, Reggie, ruled the London underworld from 1957 until they were jailed for murder in 1969. They began their professional careers as boxers and drifted into the protection racket. They operated a series of nightclubs and hobnobbed with such luminaries as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Joe Louis and Tony Bennett. Their life story was turned into a 1990 movie, “The Krays,” starring brothers Gary and Martin Kemp, members of the British pop group Spandau Ballet. In a London prison on Friday of a heart attack.