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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_BentvenaWilliam Bentvena - Wikipedia

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   William "Billy Batts" Bentvena (January 19, 1921 – June 11, 1970), also known as William Devino, was an Italian-American mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a longtime friend of John Gotti in the 1960s.

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3. allthatsinteresting.com › billyBilly Batts' Real-Life Murder Was Too Brutal For 'Goodfellas ...

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   Apr 13, 2024 · Billy Batts was a Gambino crime family member who was killed by Tommy DeSimone in 1970 after a snide comment. Learn about his early life, crimes, and the brutal way he was murdered and buried in this article.

4. screenrant.com › goodfellas-movie-true-story-billyGoodfellas True Story: How Billy Batts' Real Murder Was Different

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   Sep 8, 2022 · Learn how the movie Goodfellas changed the real-life murder of Billy Batts, a mobster who was beaten and stabbed by Tommy DeVito and Jimmy Conway in 1970. Find out the details of the altercation, the body disposal, and Henry Hill's conflicting accounts.

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6. allthatsinteresting.com › goodfellas-true-storyThe True Story Of The Real-Life 'Goodfellas' That The Movie ...

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   Mar 9, 2024 · Billy Batts was a Lucchese crime family associate who was killed by Henry Hill and Jimmy Burke in 1980. Learn more about the real-life Goodfellas who inspired the iconic movie, from the Lufthansa heist to the Witness Protection Program.

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   Mar 9, 2024 · Billy Batts, also known as William Bentvena, was a made man in the Gambino family and a target of Henry Hill and Tommy DeSimone. Learn about his life, his involvement in the Gambino family, and his brutal death in this article.

8. www.imdb.com › name › nm0898634Frank Vincent - IMDb

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   Frank Vincent was a versatile and resourceful character actor who appeared in over fifty movies, including Raging Bull, Casino and The Sopranos. He was born in 1937 and died in 2017, and was known for his roles as a mobster, a drummer and a comedian.

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   Was Billy Batts a real person?

   • Batts' real name was William Bentvena, and he was a close associate of unseen but important John Gotti. At the time of his murder in 1970, he had just finished serving time for drug trafficking. The altercation between Billy and Tommy, including the shoeshine insults, did happen in real life, but at a bar owned by Jimmy.

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   How does Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas change the murder of Billy Batts?

   • Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas makes some changes to the real-life Billy Batts murder. The murder was not as immediate as in Goodfellas. Tommy had to wait two weeks to get his revenge. Like in Goodfellas, the initial beating had not done the job. When found to still be alive, Tommy and Jimmy pummeled Billy with a shovel and a tire iron.

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   Did Jimmy Burke help Tommy DeSimone kill Billy Batts?

   • Thomas Monaster/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images As dramatized in Goodfellas, Jimmy Burke helped Tommy DeSimone kill Billy Batts in 1970. Two weeks later, DeSimone and Burke encountered Batts at The Suite in Queens. The insult clearly had not been forgotten, as they then proceeded with the “vicious beating of Bentvena.”

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10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GoodfellasGoodfellas - Wikipedia

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    In 1970, Billy Batts, a made man in the Gambino crime family recently released from prison, patronizes Tommy at a nightclub owned by Henry; Tommy and Jimmy beat, stab and fatally shoot Billy. The unsanctioned murder of a made man invites retribution; realizing this, Jimmy, Henry, and Tommy bury the body in upstate New York.