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   Mar 9, 2024 · Wikimedia Commons Henry Hill dreamed of becoming a gangster from a young age. Henry Hill, the central character in Goodfellas (played by Ray Liotta), was born in 1943 to an Irish-American father and a Sicilian-American mother in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York. It was a neighborhood filled with mafiosos and Hill admired them all ...

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2. www.biography.com › crime › real-goodfellasHenry Hill and the Real-Life GoodFellas: The True Story ...

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   Jul 22, 2020 · Hill became involved with the mob at a young age. GoodFellas is told from the point of view of Hill, a local Brooklyn gangster and drug dealer who worked as an associate for the Lucchese crime ...

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   Henry starts dating Karen Friedman, a Jewish woman who is initially troubled by Henry's criminal activities; seduced by Henry's glamorous lifestyle, she marries him despite her parents' disapproval. In 1970, Billy Batts , a made man in the Gambino crime family recently released from prison, insults Tommy at a nightclub owned by Henry; in response, Tommy and Jimmy beat, stab, and fatally shoot ...

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   Oct 11, 2022 · In "Goodfellas," Henry Hill goes from life as a kid on the street to a full-fledged gangster. In real life, Hill took a little break from life on the streets. He briefly pursued a life as a member ...

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5. www.biography.com › crime › henry-hillHenry Hill - Death, Family & Goodfellas - Biography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Henry Hill was a member of the Lucchese crime family who became a federal informant, inspiring the Martin Scorsese movie 'Goodfellas.' Updated: Jun 24, 2020 9:54 AM EDT (1943-2012)

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   Jan 20, 2017 · 20 January 2017. When Martin Scorsese read Nicholas Pileggi's gripping true story of small-time Mafioso Henry Hill he knew he’d hit movie gold. The result was GoodFellas. With the film's BFI re ...

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   Who is Henry Hill?

   • Henry Hill was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 11, 1943. Although not related by blood, Hill worked his way up in the Lucchese crime family from a young age. Arrested for drug trafficking in 1980, Hill became a federal informant and joined the Witness Protection Program for a number of years.

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   Who is Henry Hill in Goodfellas?

   • Henry Hill, the central character in Goodfellas (played by Ray Liotta), was born in 1943 to an Irish-American father and a Sicilian-American mother in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York. It was a neighborhood filled with mafiosos and Hill admired them all from a young age.

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   Was Henry Hill a real person?

   • For those who don't know, Henry Hill was a real person, and "Goodfellas" is based on Nicholas Pileggi's book about Hill, "Wiseguy". Hill grew up in a working-class part of Brooklyn, figured out early on he'd rather be a gangster "than the president of the United States," and never looked back.

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   Did Henry Hill have children?

   • The couple had two kids Gregg and Gina. Hill later married Kelly Alor from 1990 to 1996 and then later got engaged to Lisa Caserta from 2006 up until his death in 2012. Best Known For: Henry Hill was a member of the Lucchese crime family who became a federal informant, inspiring the Martin Scorsese movie 'Goodfellas.'

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   Was Henry Hill a Lucchese?

   • Henry Hill was involved in a lot of schemes with the Lucchese family. Ironically, one of the biggest ones, and the one which really brought him and some of his closest associates down, was a point-shaving scheme with the 1978–79 Boston College basketball team. This is one of the stories that transcends "Goodfellas."

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   What did Henry Hill do for Paul Vario?

   • Soon enough, Henry Hill was running all sorts of errands for various patrons of Paul Vario’s businesses. Though Hill was well aware of their criminal activities, he admired Vario and his Lucchese crime family associates, especially when they wore their expensive suits and coats.

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   Apr 15, 2024 · The gangster-turned-informant who inspired Goodfellas, Henry Hill's true story was far crazier than the 1990 film could ever portray. Martin Scorsese’s 1990 film Goodfellas is a classic mob drama, telling the story of a young gangster as he becomes heavily involved with organized crime in New York City. But Scorsese’s film is not entirely a ...