Along with Underworld kingpins like Al “Scarface” Capone and the aforementioned Lucky Luciano, Rothstein soon forged himself into one of the giants of the illegal alcohol trade. One man crucial to Rothstein’s bootlegging empire was Waxey Gordon, also known as Irving Wexler.

Prior to this assignment General Rothstein served in the U.S. State Department as a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. General Rothstein is a command pilot with more than 2,500 hours in the F-16, C-130, T-37 and T-38. AL Rothstein Media Services, Inc. Is a Florida Domestic Profit Corporation filed On February 8, 1993. The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is P1. The Registered Agent on file for this company is Rothstein Al and is located at 1197 Lanier Boulevard, Atlanta, FL 30306. Arnold Rothstein (played by Michael Stuhlbarg), affectionately nicknamed 'The Big Bankroll', is the biggest, most powerful gangster in the country at the beginning of the series. Despite his status, he is known for his calm and polite demeanor as well as his fondness for gambling and picky food habits.

The moneyman behind various criminal enteprises. He was from an Orthodox Jewish family living in the Upper West Side of New York. He was better known by associates as New York's flamboyant gambler and also as 'Mr. Big.'

He is 'credited' with fixing the 1919 World Series, bribing eight members of the Chicago White Sox to throw the series to the Cincinnati Reds. In fact, he was called before a Chicago grand Jury in 1920 on the charge, but the case was dismissed without an indictment. But the truth is Rothstein did not fix the Series, but was familiar with the people who fixed the series and made a fortune betting on the right side.

Rothstein worked with Meyer Lansky, another Jewish mafia member.

Al Rothstein

He was shot at a poker game at the Park Central Hotel in new York on Nov. 4, 1928, dying at Polyclinic Hospital without ever naming the killers. Police begged him to name his killers as he lay dying, but Rothstein, true to his profession, placed his finger on his lips, until his head slumped and he died. Rumors that Rothstein was holding an Ace High flush at the time of his death were untrue. The set of five cards with Rothstein's blood didn't even have a pair or even an Ace.

-- Ray Hanania

My dad who was 82 years old at the time, was taken to the hospital by ambulance on March 2nd, 2009 after being found on the floor of his apartment….He was diagnosed with pneumonia and sepsis, and was doing fine for the first few days…He was on oxygen, and then on the 12th of March, he was struggling to breath, and he was intubated. One of the doctors said he had ARDS, but unfortunately, it seemed like none of the doctors knew much about it, and it was too late to have him transferred to a larger hospital to be treated, since he was on a respirator.

Al Rothstein / Atom Smasher

Shortly after that, his kidneys started to fail, and they started dialysis. A few days later, he wasn’t absorbing the food from the feeding tube, and was bleeding from his GI tract. It seemed every day, he just got worse, and a new problem occurred daily. His poor body couldn’t handle it, and he died on March 27th, 2009.

Al Rothstein

We’re having a difficult time accepting this, and there is a lot we don’t understand, except that he’s gone. I hope that someday there is some sort of test that can be given, and treatment for this horrible syndrome. Pictured with my dad is Vivian (Dolly) who was he wife. Sadly, Dolly passed away just 6 short weeks after my father. While we were sad to lose her so close to my father, we are so glad they are now together. He was survived by his 3 daughters, 2 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren who loved him and miss him everyday.