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Jan 22, 2021 · In real life, Jimmy ‘The Gent’s’ last name was Burke, and Hill describes why he was so feared. “He was a big guy, and he knew how to handle himself” Hill said.
- Eric Schaal
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- Hill Became Involved with The Mob at A Young Age
- The Heist Was An Inside job, Engineered by Brooklyn Gangsters
- The Heist Was Just The Beginning of Burke's Crime Spree
GoodFellasis told from the point of view of Hill, a local Brooklyn gangster and drug dealer who worked as an associate for the Lucchese crime family, one of Brooklyn’s most notorious mafioso organizations. The son of an Irish father and Sicilian mother, he got in with the mob early, running errands for the gangsters who hung out near his family’s h...
Well before dawn on December 11, 1978, six henchmen working for Burke pulled up outside a Lufthansa Airlines cargo building at JFK Airport. They didn’t know it, but they were about to make history. A tip had come in through Hill, Burke’s mob associate, that the German airline would be delivering a big load of cash to the New York hub. It was a pret...
Burke’s propensity for bribing police officers meant that while he spent a stretch of time in prison in the ‘70s, his biggest crimes went unprosecuted — even when he went down years later, for his involvement in fixing college basketball games, he was never tried for murder. The reason why he never was arrested for the Lufthansa Heist, however, is ...
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Jul 20, 2017 · FBI chart of American Mafia bosses across the country in 1963. What followed was even more staggering as the mastermind, Jimmy Burke, also known as Jimmy the Gent, had to spend many nights sleeping with one eye open, fearing that some of the members of his crew might “drop a dime” and rat out to the police, so he murdered or orchestrated the murders of almost everyone involved in the robbery.
Feb 28, 2024 · 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. How Jimmy Burke’s Troubled Beginnings Shaped Him. James Burke was born on July 5, 1931, in New York City, and from the start it proved to be difficult. Burke never knew his real parents.
Oct 11, 2022 · In "Goodfellas," Henry Hill goes from life as a kid on the street to a full-fledged gangster. In real life, Hill took a little break from life on the streets. He briefly pursued a life as a member ...
- Ryan Ariano
Sep 21, 2020 · According to Hill, Burke ordered or carried out murders of almost everyone involved. “Guys were getting whacked left and right over Lufthansa,” Hill wrote, “and I had first-hand knowledge ...
Sep 19, 2019 · His real name was Jimmy Burke and he was known in the movie and in real life as Jimmy the Gent. Also, The Irishman. Both Goodfellas and Wise Guy , the book by Nicholas Pileggi, says Burke planned ...
