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Jun 4, 2018 · Though Goodfellas portrays Paulie Cicero as a calm, strategic mob boss, his real-life counterpart Paul Vario had a hair-trigger temper. One revealing story, recounted in Wiseguy, involved Vario and his wife Phyllis, who went out for dinner one night at Don Pepe’s Vesuvio.
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Paul Vario (July 10, 1914 – May 3, 1988) was an American mobster and made man in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was a caporegime and had his own crew of mobsters in Brooklyn, New York.
Sep 19, 2019 · In Goodfellas, Hill meets his future wife Karen Friedman on a double date with Tommy, but it was actually Paul Vario’s son, Paul Jr., who went on the date. Setting his old man up, so he could...
Mar 9, 2024 · At just 14, Hill dropped out of school to start working for Paul Vario, a capo in the Lucchese crime family, and thus became a member of the infamous Vario crew. Hill started out just picking up money from local rackets and bringing them to the boss, but his responsibilities quickly escalated.
Mar 9, 2024 · At the head of the operation responsible for many of the crimes committed by Thomas DeSimone, Henry Hill, and James Burke was Paul Vario, renamed “Paul Cicero” and played by Paul Sorvino in Goodfellas.
Oct 11, 2022 · In Hill's book "Gangsters and Goodfellas: The Mob, Witness Protection, and Life on the Run," he writes that Karen had an affair with Paul Vario, Cicero's real-life counterpart,...
Feb 28, 2024 · Paul Sorvino’s character, Paul Cicero, is based on Lucchese capo Paul Vario. Vario oversaw a piece of Lucchese territory in Brooklyn. A typical mafia captain, Vario stayed away from the crimes in which his soldiers and associates were involved. Instead, he oversaw much of the illegal gambling and extortion aspects of the business.
