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Apr 7, 2015 · DeSimone killed William “Billy Batts” Bentvena of the Gambino family in 1970. Bentvena, born William Paul DeVino, was 49 years old. He got his button with the Gambino crime family in 1961...
Dec 28, 2015 · “DeSimone actually was murdered by Jimmy Burke at Burke's home back in 1979 while Burke was covering his tracks regarding the Lufthansa Heist in addition to John Gotti's investigating what Burke's and DeSimone's involvement was in the murder of Billy Batts,” Bucceroni said.
Mar 9, 2024 · In 1979, almost a year after the heist, DeSimone was declared missing. He was likely killed by the Gambino crime family in retaliation for the murder of Bentvena, and also because he’d recently killed a Mafia associate named Ronald Jerothe, who was a protégé of a rising star named John Gotti.
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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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Jul 27, 2015 · DeSimone killed several other people after Spider. He killed a warehouse foreman named Stanley Diamond who DeSimone was just supposed to rough up. On December 18, 1974, DeSimone murdered Gotti protégé Ronald “Foxy” Jerothe due to a dispute between the two.
Apr 13, 2024 · DeSimone had to swallow his anger and bide his time, but a few weeks later, on June 10, 1970, he got his opportunity for vengeance. 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.
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Dec 7, 2023 · While Goodfellas depicts Tommy being shot in the face for killing Made Man Billy Batts, resulting in a closed-casket funeral, the real story of Tommy DeSimone's death is much more mysterious. In reality, Tommy wasn't ever given a burial or a funeral — because his body was never actually found.
