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Nov 28, 2021 · Frankie Carbone was based on real-life mobster Angelo Sepe, and his death wasn’t like the one shown in Goodfellas. Angelo Sepe was part of Burke’s crew for the Lufthansa heist and was also killed but not under Burke’s orders.
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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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Frank Pentangeli is a fictional character from the 1974 film The Godfather Part II, portrayed by Michael V. Gazzo. Gazzo was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance, which he lost to Robert De Niro, his co-star from the same film (as young Vito Corleone ).
Jun 20, 2014 · Did Frankie Valli's daughter really die? Yes, like in the Jersey Boys movie, the true story confirms that Frankie Valli's daughter Francine died from a drug overdose in 1980, which the family believes was unintentional.
Aug 12, 2016 · An early draft of the film's script explains that Vincenzo, shocked that Frankie is about to break his blood oath and betray the Corleones to government authorities, attends the hearing to remind Frankie that he must not break the Mafia's code of silence, omertà.
- A second reason is that seeing his brother makes him feel ashamed for breaking the omertà. So while the avoidance of retribution for his family is...
- Upon the non-verbal communication with his brother in the court room (someone he absolutely trusts) he realized that it was Hyman Roth that tried t...
- Roth had played Frankie against Michael with a feigned assassination attempt, as he knew Frankie was angry at Michael for banning him from moving a...
Apr 7, 2015 · In Martin Scorsese’s classic gangster film Goodfellas, Tommy DeVito, played by Joe Pesci, gets whacked by John Gotti’s family in retribution for killing made man Billy Batts, played by Frank ...
Upon taking the throne, Gotti appointed Frank DeCicco as his underboss and promoted his old friend Angelo Ruggiero to capo in charge of his old crew.
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