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    Henry Hill Jr. (June 11, 1943 – June 12, 2012) was an American mobster who was associated with the Lucchese crime family of New York City from 1955 until 1980, when he was arrested on narcotics charges and became an FBI informant.

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Henry Hill was a member of the Lucchese crime family who became a federal informant, inspiring the Martin Scorsese movie 'Goodfellas.'

  3. Mar 9, 2024 · 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.

  4. Jul 22, 2020 · At the time, it was the biggest heist in American history, making it the subject of a massive FBI investigation and decades’ worth of books and movies — in GoodFellas, Hill was played by Ray ...

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · It’s based on the nonfiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi — which chronicles the life of Henry Hill, a real gangster-turned-informant. The film went on to receive critical and commercial acclaim, earning nominations for six Academy Awards.

  6. Jun 13, 2012 · Henry Hill, an associate in the Luchese organized-crime family whose decision to turn federal informer, and subsequent itinerant life in and out of the federal witness protection program,...

  7. Jun 13, 2012 · Henry Hill, the mobster whose life became world famous after it was chronicled in the film Goodfellas, has died at a Los Angeles hospital after a long illness.

  8. Jun 13, 2012 · June 13, 2012 / 6:11 AM EDT / CBS News. (CBS News) Henry Hill, a long-time New York City mobster-turned FBI informant and witness, has died at the age of 69 at a hospital in...

  9. Jun 13, 2012 · Henry Hill, a mobster-turned-informant for the FBI died in 2012 at age 69. His story was the basis for Martin Scorsese's acclaimed 1990 film, "Goodfellas." Ray Liotta played...

  10. Jun 16, 2012 · Hill was a wiseguy, a member of New York's Lucchese crime family for 25 years, until he turned state's evidence and went into hiding. He became a kind of...

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