Twin brothers Ronald "Ronnie" Kray (24th October 1933 - 17th March 1995) and Reginald "Reggie" Kray (24th October 1933 - 1st October 2000) were English gangsters who were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s. With their gang, the Firm, the Krays were involved in armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, assaults and the murders of Jack "the Hat" McVitie and George Cornell.