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Mar 9, 2024 · Wikimedia Commons Paul Vario’s true story was connected to many real-life criminal figures portrayed in Goodfellas. 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.
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, where...
Jan 20, 2023 · Burke answered to Paul Vario, a fearsome capo of the Lucchese crime family. Vario, who needed cash quick after losing a cocaine shipment to authorities, greenlit the Lufthansa caper.
Mar 9, 2024 · Published March 9, 2024. Updated March 28, 2024. The iconic movie Goodfellas chronicles the lives of real gangsters like Henry Hill, Billy Batts, Tommy DeSimone, and Jimmy Burke — but it only tells part of the story. One aspect of Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas that has elevated the film to the classic status it holds today is the intense ...
Paul Frank ‘Paulie’ Vario was an American mobster who was in command of the notorious ‘Vario Crew’ for the Lucchese crime family for almost three decades. Vario was involved in the robbery at John F. Kennedy International Airport in 1978, infamously known as The Lufthansa Heist.
Goodfellas. Paul, or "Paulie" as his friends called him, was known for his size. He was about six feet tall and weighed close to 250 pounds over the majority of his life. His appearance resembled that of a sumo wrestler, with jowls hanging below his chin, likening his appearance to that of a ferocious bulldog.
Sep 19, 2019 · The DEA wanted Vario on a $1.5 million drug operation, even though Vario barred his soldiers from dealing drugs. Paul Vario approved of the Lufthansa Heist in 1978.
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