- LOS ANGELES -- Henry Hill spent much of his life as a goodfella, believing his last moment would come with a bullet to the back of his head. In the end he died at a hospital after a long illness, going out like all the average nobodies he once pitied. (Norwalk Hour)
- Henry Hill, a former mobster who was the basis for characters in the films Goodfellas and My Blue Heaven, has died in Los Angeles, his girlfriend said. He was 69. (Reality TV World)
- In the film, an adaptation of the book Wiseguy by the journalist Nicholas Pileggi, Hill, played by Ray Liotta, is the narrator and central figure, running the gamut of mob crime over a 25-year period from 1955. (Daily Telegraph)
- Henry Hill-- the former mobster whose life story became the basis for the movie Goodfellas -- died today at the age of 69 TMZ has learned. TMZ spoke with Hills girlfriend Lisa who told us Hill passed away in an L.A. (TMZ.com)
- Henry Hill, the late mobster turned Fbi agent who died on Tuesday (June 2, 2012), has been receiving tributes - albeit cautious ones - from the celebrity world. Howard Stern recalled his fond memories of having Hill on his radio show, though added, . (Henry Hill Lived 'A Complicated Life', Says Ray Liotta - Contactmusic.com)
- Henry Hill, 69, the New York mobster whose life as a wiseguy and then as a government witness was the basis for the movie Goodfellas, died Tuesday in California. (Philadelphia Daily News)
- Ray Liotta says he BARELY knew his Goodfellas inspiration Henry Hill-- despite playing him in one of the biggest gangster movies ever -- but now that Hills gone Ray feels like a part of himself is gone too. (TMZ.com)
- His life story about betraying the mafia was the basis of Martin Scorseses classic movie. (The Guardian)
- Henry Hill, who has died aged 69, was a mobster whose nefarious exploits with the Lucchese family on the New York crime scene of the 1970s were made famous by the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas (1990). (Calgary Herald)
Thursday, June 14, 2012
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