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Hill's life story was documented in the true crime book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi, which was subsequently adapted by Martin Scorsese into the critically acclaimed 1990 film Goodfellas, in which Hill was portrayed by Ray Liotta.
James Burke (July 5, 1931 – April 13, 1996), also known as "Jimmy the Gent", was an American gangster and Lucchese crime family associate who is believed to have organized the 1978 Lufthansa heist, the largest cash robbery in American history at the time.
Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical gangster film [5] directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy .
Thomas DeSimone was born in New York City, New York, on June 6, 1946.He had two sisters, Dolores and Phyllis, and two brothers, Robert and Anthony. Both of his brothers were associates of the Gambino crime family; Anthony was murdered by mobster Thomas Agro in 1979.
It’s true what they say, the mafia really does have its fingers in everything. Bracco, now 70, ... By the time of Goodfellas, Bracco was 36, and a mother. It made her perfect for the spiky ...
Ray Liotta, best known for portraying the real-life mobster Henry Hill in the Martin Scorsese-directed film Goodfellas, has died. He was 67.ET has learned Liotta passed away in his sleep in the ...
Brooklyn-born actor Frank Adonis, who appeared in "Goodfellas" and many other films, died at the age of 83 on Wednesday night, according to a report.
The book is the basis for the 1990 Oscar–winning film Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese. [1] [2] [3] ... True crime, non-fiction: Publisher: Simon & Schuster ...