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    Henry Hill Jr. (June 11, 1943 – June 12, 2012) was an American mobster who was associated with the Lucchese crime family of New York City from 1955 until 1980, when he was arrested on narcotics charges and became an FBI informant.

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    • Alex Canclini
    • 10 years' imprisonment, 180 days' imprisonment
    • Mobster
  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Henry Hill was a notorious mobster who became a federal informant and inspired the Martin Scorsese movie 'Goodfellas'. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1943, and worked his way up in the Lucchese crime family from a young age. He became a federal witness in 1980 and died in 2012 at the age of 69.

  3. Mar 9, 2024 · AllThatsInteresting.com, March 9, 2024, https://allthatsinteresting.com/goodfellas-true-story. Accessed April 18, 2024. From gangster-turned-informant Henry Hill to doomed mafioso Billy Batts, go inside the true stories that inspired the film "Goodfellas."

  4. Jul 22, 2020 · Henry Hill, a Brooklyn gangster and drug dealer, was the inspiration for the character of Jimmy Conway in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film GoodFellas. He was also involved in the 1978 Lufthansa Heist, the largest robbery in American history, which netted $23 million. Learn how he got involved with the mob, how he witnessed murders, and how he died in prison.

  5. Sep 21, 1990 · Goodfellas is a 1990 crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book by Nicholas Pileggi. It tells the story of Henry Hill, a gangster who rose and fell in the mafia, and his relationship with his wife Karen and his partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.

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    • Biography, Crime, Drama
    • Martin Scorsese
    • 1990-09-21
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  7. Jun 13, 2012 · Henry Hill, an associate in the Luchese organized-crime family whose decision to turn federal informer, and subsequent itinerant life in and out of the federal witness protection program,...

  8. Jun 13, 2012 · LOS ANGELES — Henry Hill, 69, who went from small-time gangster to big-time celebrity when his life as a mobster-turned-FBI informant became the basis for the Martin Scorsese film “Goodfellas,”...

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