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Paul Vario (July 10, 1914 – May 3, 1988) was an American mobster and made man in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was a caporegime and had his own crew of mobsters in Brooklyn, New York.
Jun 4, 2018 · Paul Vario was the real-life capo of the Lucchese crime family, who possessed a nasty temper and a penchant for getting away with big-time crimes.
Sep 26, 2012 · Big Paul Vario was played by Paul Cicero in the 1990's hit movie Goodfella's. Vario, who was a Lucchese crime family capo was responsible for bringing in Henry Hill to the Lucchese crime family.
Mar 9, 2024 · At the head of the operation responsible for many of the crimes committed by Thomas DeSimone, Henry Hill, and James Burke was Paul Vario, renamed “Paul Cicero” and played by Paul Sorvino in Goodfellas.
Paul Frank ‘Paulie’ Vario was an American mobster who was in command of the notorious ‘Vario Crew’ for the Lucchese crime family for almost three decades. Vario was involved in the robbery at John F. Kennedy International Airport in 1978, infamously known as The Lufthansa Heist.
Mar 9, 2024 · It was a neighborhood filled with mafiosos and Hill admired them all from a young age. At just 14, Hill dropped out of school to start working for Paul Vario, a capo in the Lucchese crime family, and thus became a member of the infamous Vario crew.
May 5, 1988 · Paul Vario, a convicted gangster who was said to have been a leader in the Lucchese crime family for more than three decades, died of lung failure Tuesday in a Fort Worth Federal prison,...
Jan 20, 2023 · Burke answered to Paul Vario, a fearsome capo of the Lucchese crime family. Vario, who needed cash quick after losing a cocaine shipment to authorities, greenlit the Lufthansa caper.
Paul, or "Paulie" as his friends called him, was known for his size. He was about six feet tall and weighed close to 250 pounds over the majority of his life. His appearance resembled that of a sumo wrestler, with jowls hanging below his chin, likening his appearance to that of a ferocious...
Nov 19, 2023 · Paul Vario: The Real Godfather Behind Goodfellas. Paul Vario, a notorious figure in the annals of American crime history, was born in 1914 in New York City. His life, deeply intertwined with...
