ORIGINAL GOODFELLAS PAINTING BY HENRY HILL & AUTOGRAPHED FRAMED COA 2 GUNS COA

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Henry Hill Jr.
(June 11, 1943 – June 12, 2012)
ORIGINAL WATER COLOR AND SIGNED COA
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
. Hill testified against his former
Mafia
associates, resulting in fifty convictions, including those of
caporegime
(captain)
Paul Vario
and
James Burke
on multiple charges. He subsequently entered the
Witness Protection Program
, but was removed from the program in the early 1990s.
Hill's life story was documented in the
true crime
book
Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family
by
Nicholas Pileggi
, which was subsequently adapted by
Martin Scorsese
into the critically acclaimed film
Goodfellas
in 1990, where Hill is portrayed by
Ray Liotta
.