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Vario died on May 3, 1988, aged 73, from respiratory failure as a result of lung cancer while incarcerated at Fort Worth Federal Prison in Fort Worth, Texas. He is buried at St. John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York.
Jun 4, 2018 · Then, on May 3, 1988, Paul Vario died in prison from respiratory arrest resulting from chronic obstructive lung disease at the age of 73. Just a couple of years later, he was used as inspiration for the Goodfellas character Paulie Cicero, cementing his infamous legacy in pop culture history.
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May 9, 1988 · He was 73. Vario died Tuesday at a minimum security federal prison in Ft. Worth, where he was serving a six-year sentence for extorting air freight companies at Kennedy International Airport,...
Mar 9, 2024 · In the end, Vario was arrested based on Hill’s testimony that Vario had defrauded the government by creating a fictitious job that would ensure Hill’s release from prison. Paul Vario eventually died in prison of a heart attack in 1988.
Jan 20, 2023 · On December 11, 1978, six masked, armed men burst into the Lufthansa Airlines cargo terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport during a graveyard shift and robbed $5.8 million in...
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Sep 26, 2012 · At this time, Vario was in bad health, he died on May 3, 1988 at the age of seventy-three from lung cancer while incarcerated at Fort Worth Federal Prison in Texas. 4 thoughts on “ Paul “Big Paulie” Vario – Goodfella’s Paul Cicero ”
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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,...