King of the Cross: Sydney crime boss Abe Saffronâs secret friends and properties
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March 14, 2021 â 7.30pm
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This story was first published on May 31, 2007.
â³Iâm so devastated by what happened in the will,â says an anguished Alan Saffron. âWhat you leave in your legacy is an indication of your feelings and Iâve been left out in a terrible way.â
Abe Saffron watches a dancer at his Roosevelt Nightclub in Sydney in January 1951.
Credit:SMH
Abe Saffron, Australiaâs most famous crime figure, may have died last September, just three weeks shy of his 87th birthday, but he is still calling the shots. Not only did he leave his only son, Alan, now 58 and living in Los Angeles, a smaller amount than his daughter and mistress but there was a codicil to the will stipulating that should his son challenge it, he was to be cut out all toge