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      • He is the father of Lufthansa heist aide Frank James Burke (who was murdered in 1987), [ 6] Jesse James Burke, and Catherine Burke (who married Bonanno crime family member Anthony Indelicato). [ 7][ 8]
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  1. James Burke (July 5, 1931 – April 13, 1996), also known as " Jimmy the Gent ", was an American gangster and Lucchese crime family associate who is believed to have organized the 1978 Lufthansa heist, the largest cash robbery in American history at the time.

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  3. Jan 22, 2023 · It’s unknown what happened to Jesse James Burke, but Jimmy’s daughter, Catherine, married Anthony Indelicato, also known as “Bruno” and “Whack-Whack”, a Caporegime with the Bonanno crime family.

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  4. Mar 3, 2014 · He had a son who joined him in organized crime and a daughter who married a gangster. And Burke himself was the inspiration for the character Jimmy “The Gent” Conway, played by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorcese’s 1990 movie GoodFellas. If any gangster came from a troubled childhood, it was Burke.

  5. Jul 21, 2021 · In 1988, at Butterfingers nightclub, located in Howard Beach, N.Y Jimmy Burke's daughter, Robin put John (Junior) Gotti in his place. After he erroneously sent a message that she and her...

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  6. He named his two sons Frank James Burke and Jesse James Burke. Later his daughter Cathy would marry Anthony Indelicato, one of three hitmen who carried out the murder of Carmine Galante in July 1979. Of Burke's ruthlessness Hill claimed, "Jimmy had a reputation for being wild.

  7. Oct 11, 2022 · Jimmy Burke aka Jimmy Conway was an Irish gangster and, as presented by Henry Hill, a bit of a mentor. It makes sense, then, that he would lead his own son into the lucrative life of the...

  8. Feb 28, 2024 · Warner Bros. Robert De Niro as Jimmy Conway, the character based on Jimmy Burke, in the 1990 film Goodfellas. From his untold numbers of murders to his orchestration of the infamous $6-million Lufthansa heist in 1978, this is the real story of Jimmy “The Gent” Burke.

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