Beni Gabor (Russian: Бени Габор; 1898-1926) was an Ukranian-Hungarian thief, explorer and a former-French Foreign Legionnaire.
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Beni Gabor, formerly of Kiev, Ukranian SSR, was wanted for robbing a synagogue, and had apparently robbed more than that before from places of worship, justifying his motives by saying that "prime swag" was in places of worship, with no-one to guard it but altar boys. To escape persecution, Beni joined the French Foreign Legion, and in doing so met Rick O'Connell, whom he claimed as a friend during their enlistment with the real intent of having a bodyguard so as not to end up in trouble. Trouble came, however, when a marauding band of Tuaregs came roving to the ruins on horseback, eliminating a number of legionnaires. O'Connell rushed to the ruins to hide from the bullets, but Beni rushed there too, forcing shut a great stone door so that O'Connell could not enter. O'Connell, forced to fight, stood alone and eventually made it back to civilization, while Beni escaped the desert by taking the camels of a few dead legionnaires and making it back alone through the desert.
In 1926, Beni eventually made his living as the guide of a rowdy trio of Americans seeking the City of the Dead, but Beni's idea was simply to take the money given him by the Americans, led them out into the desert, and leave them all to die. The Americans, however, knew better than to do that and decided to pay Beni only half of his commission once they met, and the other half once they were safely back in Cairo. At around the beginning of this venture, Beni found himself face-to-face with his old Foreign Legion comrade, Rick O'Connell, who was furious at Beni for his treachery back at the ruins three years prior and almost killed him on the spot. Beni died in extrange cirtcunstances many believed that Rick killed him after Beni betrayed them other said he was trapped inside of Hamunaptran and then eaten alive by bugs.