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Apr 13, 2024 · This time Batts was at The Suite, a club owned by Hill, when DeSimone came in and brutally murdered him — but that was just the beginning of this grim tale. This is the grisly story behind the murder of Billy Batts and the parts that Goodfellas left out.
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- Parnell “Stacks” Edwards
- Morrie Kessler
- Johnny Roastbeef and Wife
- Frenchy and Joe Buddha
- Frankie Carbone
- Tommy Devito
Perhaps the best-known and remembered death in Goodfellas is that of Billy Batts (Frank Vincent), which was a critical moment in Tommy’s life as it had big consequences. William “Billy Batts” Bentvena was a member of the Gambino crime family and longtime friend of John Gotti, and when he got out of jail in 1970, he was thrown a “welcome home” party...
Spider was a young man who served as a bartender at a card game attended by Henry, Jimmy, and Tommy. According to the real Henry Hill, Spider’s death in Goodfellas happened just like in real-life, and was the moment that made him realize just how dangerous Tommy really was. The real Michael “Spider” Gianco was also a young man serving drinks at a c...
Stacks Edwards, played by Samuel L. Jackson, was the first member of the “Lufthansa heist” group to be killed. Stacks’ role in the heist was to dispose of the van after the robbery, so they wouldn’t be caught, but he failed to do so. Stacks was supposed to take the van to New Jersey, where it was going to be destroyed in a junkyard that belonged to...
Morrie Kessler (Chuck Low) was an associate of the Lucchese crime family and best known for being the owner of a wig shop, but also for getting into trouble with Jimmy. Morrie helped set up the Lufthansa heist, and because of that, he asked for a lot of money, which didn’t sit well with Jimmy. After insisting too much, Jimmy decided to get rid of h...
Another death product of Jimmy’s paranoia in the aftermath of the Lufthansa heistis that of Johnny Roastbeef (Johnny Williams) and his wife, played by Fran McGee. Johnny and his wife were murdered under Jimmy’s orders as he bought a pink (and expensive) car with the money they got in the heist, and he did it shortly after the robbery. Johnny justif...
Joe “Buddha” Manri and Robert “Frenchy” McMahon were two more victims of the Lufthansa heist aftermath, and their bodies are shown in Goodfellas during the sequence that includes the discovery of the bodies of Johnny Roastbeef, his wife, and Frankie Carbone. Joe “Buddha” Manri was a long-time associate of Jimmy who was repeatedly offered the opport...
Frankie Carbone (Frank Sivero) was another victim of Jimmy’s elimination of Lufthansa heist witnesses. In Goodfellas, Carbone became a target when, just like Johnny Roastbeef, he used the money from the heist to buy something expensive: a coat for his wife. Carbone helped Jimmy and Tommy execute others on Jimmy’s list, including Morrie and Stacks, ...
Last but definitely not least, is Tommy’s death. In Goodfellas, Tommy was told he was getting “made”, but in reality, he was about to be killed – and the reason for his murder was related to the death of Billy Batts, as he was a “made man” and as such couldn’t be touched. In real-life, the disappearance of Tommy DeSimone is still a mystery, but acc...
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The movie version of DeSimone’s death is fictional speculation. He disappeared—obviously murdered—and his body was never found. In the movie those are presumably two Lucchese old-timers Tommy would’ve trusted, but they might very well have been killing him on behalf of the Gambino’s to keep the peace.
DeSimone lost his temper and fatally shot Gianco three times in the chest, angrily demanding of Burke if that was "good enough for [him]". Burke, furious with DeSimone, made him bury Gianco's body in the cellar by himself.
Dec 28, 2015 · It's alleged that, on the day of his murder, DeSimone was expecting Luchese mobsters Bruno Facciolo and Peter Vario to ferry him to his induction ceremony, only Tommy was killed. (The Outfit used a similar feint to finally dispatch the notorious Spilotro bothers.)
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According to Henry Hill, DeSimone was killed by Billy Batts crew, ran by John Gotti, as revenge for his murder. Batts was a wiseguy and Tommy was not when Tommy killed Batts. Its in the book 'Wiseguys'.
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May 2, 2021 · Gotti is also linked to the disappearance and murder of Tommy DeSimone (DeVito in Goodfellas), as he killed two of his men: Billy Batts and Ronald Jerothe, Gotti’s protégé. DeSimone reportedly dated Jerothe’s sister and was abusive, which led Jerothe to threaten to kill him, but as DeSimone was known for his temper and violent behavior ...
