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.Hill testified against his former Mafia associates, resulting in 50 convictions, including those of caporegime (captain) Paul Vario and fellow associate James Burke . On the way home in a blinding snowstorm, the wheels slipped on a curve and threw the Duster into a spin, bouncing one side off the guardrail, then whipping around so the other side smashed it too. Burke wanted Janet to find Hill and get as much dirt as on the governments star witness to discredit his testimony. Funnily enough, in a way that fit his lack of concern, his latest identity combined the names of his favorite comics: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. She knew she had to get out of Redmond her life there was poisoned. Not long into their marriage, his behavior grew more erratic. Just a temporary situation. My mom used that expression for everything bad that happened. But it was about the same time hed bought me Baby Alive, this doll that you could feed pretend baby food and her mouth would move, like she was chewing. I looked around the apartment. I am a Teacher who started creating online content for my students from 2016 so that they can get access to free knowledge online. Still, under the creepiness there was something magnetic about Sherrys new beau. The born and bred New Yorkers were now hosting impromptu polo matches in their fields. They didnt know that the book would eventually become a classic of true crime literature, called Wiseguy, and that future cinema gold by the name of Goodfellas was being made right under their noses. Karen Friedman Hill (born January 16, 1946) is an American socialite, known for her involvement in the mafia through her husband Henry Hill, who was an associate of the Lucchese crime family. Sherry had no clue. I wanted to visit my dad right away. She once told me a story about how, after theyd been dating for a couple of months, this boy from her neighborhood, Ted, someone shed known her whole life, took her for a ride in his Corvette one afternoon and made a pass at her. My mom called my dad and he picked her up and drove her home, but instead of going into the house with her, he went across the street. Martin was like a dad to the two boys, always giving them quarters for the arcades and making them laugh at his dirty jokes. He would disappear for days (probably to visit his actual family). Her Husband was an associate of the Lucchese crime family. Seven weeks after that fateful night in the Mexican restaurant, Hill/Marty just came out with it. As for Sherry, she went back to the Hill home to take back the horse she had sent for Hills daughter. He violently pushed her out of his car and drove away. He was eventually removed from the general inmate population. Pistol-whipped him! Their design and construction work history include an array of governmental, institutional, commercial, and private-sector projects. Oct. 14, 2004, 4:51 AM PDT Few areas of. She knew that she will go places and can lead an extravagant life if she married him. That was my mom, trying to make something very big sound very small. 220, and maybe a little precocious. Throughout his time spent working for the infamous Lucchese crime family, Hill, who wed his first wife Karen in 1965, was known to have had multiple mistresses. Tony also probes Hill on the ultimate, moral penalty of terrorizing another human being, beyond the consequences of the law. It was about ten years after their wedding that Sherry got a call. She ended up seeing Hill one last time (she has always called him Martin). It took quite a while for the DEA officials to confirm that their target Martin Lewis was actually Henry Hill, and when the news broke, choppers were hovering over the Hill house for weeks. Thats who my dad was to me then, a wonderful man who brought me dolls and called me Princess. His romance with Anders imploded just months after it had begun when his first wife Karen, who was living under the alias Kaylen, learned of their affair and confronted her husband's new spouse. I got smacked at home, I got smacked at school, he said later. The two women decided to make their unique situation a little more amusing. Soon, Janet was asking Sherry personal questions. After their meal, she gave him a ride to Barnes & Noble, where she bought a copy of his recently published Wiseguy Cookbook (a collection of his favorite recipes), which he signed for her: Sherry, You are the love of my life, HH., By the time she finished looking at what he wrote to her in the book she just bought, she looked up to see he was gone. The newspaper article on this blog is the very same one that my father stumbled upon to find the Cabstand job that started his segway into the mafia life. Gina Hill. She also didnt know that anyone who became close to him was a walking target. When Sherry came home from work that day, the man she was hiding from the man who threatened to have her killed was sitting in her living room. This is me and my brother, Gregg Hill. That was my dads greatest asset, his charm. Finally, Karen figured out a way to dissolve Hills marriage to Sherry. He kept his assumed name Scott, finished college, and then law school. Karen has remained out of the limelight since the family came out of the Witness Protection Program. The kid from Brooklyn turned wise guy turned rat, Henry Hill started out running errands for the Lucchese family of mobsters at the age of 11. Wed tell people we were Girl Scouts and ask for cookies. All he said was that he was writing about his life back in New York. Hed been running with mobsters for more than half his life, since he was eleven years old and started cutting school to hang out at Uncle Paulies cabstand in the Brownsville East section of Brooklyn. Just like with the witness program, Hill assumed hed get away with it. So, he became an informant. By then, he and Karen had divorced, and he was now married to a woman named Kelly in California. Karen was now left to fend for herself as she received no support from Henry's so-called gangster associates. She was, however, a private detective. At the end of the movie Goodfellas, in which Henry Hill was portrayed by handsome actor Ray Liotta, Hill is in the Witness Protection Program in an unnamed locale, which looked like some out-of-the-way place called something like Hicksville so unlike where Hill committed endless crimes (New York City) and enjoyed being one of the Wiseguys (the book about Hills life was actually named Wiseguys but was changed to Goodfellas for the movie.). Gregg, in his early teens, thoroughly hated his father and his fathers deceptive and downright mean machinations, while Gina, a few years younger, was more of a Daddys Girl, until she eventually smartened up too. Hill went so far as to threaten Sherry with her life if she didnt sign the divorce papers. Brown, the former owner of the Boston Celtics who bought KFC from Colonel Sanders and became the governor of Kentucky. Those who knew her well say that shes surrounded by nature, which makes her happy. What that meant was that the Church offered legal provisions for one-party annulments under certain circumstances. Although he had converted to Judaism for Karen, he was a born Catholic. My dad was always buying me dolls. Karen Friedman Hill (born January 16, 1946) [1] is an American woman known for her involvement in the American Mafia through her husband Henry Hill, who was an associate of the Lucchese crime family. Both were in shock over what they were each hearing. Conway spent 1972-1978 in prison for beating up a gambler in Tampa, Florida, and Hill was held at a separate . He got mad and threw her out of the car, miles from home, and tore off so fast that the tires threw gravel in her face. Easy romance was just as enticing. The next day, Michael was fired. One day, Sherry saw a woman in the same car her Martin drove, a beat-up green Ford Pinto. Sherry, who was paranoid about the whole situation, started sleeping with a gun under her pillow just as Hill had when he first entered Witness Protection. His fights with Sherry (Im not your maid or your mommy!) were followed by make-up sex. 'My attempt at bigamy was a complete failure. The script for the film was based on the book Wise guy written by Nicholas Pileggi. When I was five, my mother made a left turn into a gas station in Island Park in front of a drunk driver who was speeding. As for Henry Hill, he continued on his downward spiral. He called her his Sherry Amour (My Cherie Amour) and told her she was the love of his life. Although he was convicted on drug charges stemming from his 1987 arrest, the FBI and prosecutors pleaded with the court to release him. Karen Friedman Hill (born January 16, 1946) is an American woman best known for her involvement in the American Mafia as a result of her marriage to Henry Hill, a Lucchese crime family associate. The book covers both the remembrances of the Hill children prior to their entry into WITSEC and their subsequent . He told people he worked for the government, an insurance investigator and an author. You can imagine the look on Hills face when he came home to see both his wives talking at the kitchen table. This time, the family was placed in Redmond, Washington, and right off the bat, Hill spoke to an acquaintance in Kentucky asking him to ship one of the horses he had bought for his daughter to him, the one named Banana Split. Filmography. He saw Ted in the driveway, grabbed him by the hair, pulled a gun out of his pocket, and pistol-whipped him. Gina Hill. G.M. Janet and a few members of her team used disguises when necessary; they staked out Sherrys home, salon, and the places she ate and shopped at. Secrets & Wives Truly*Adventurous Medium. or. http://www.amazon.com/Mobsters-Gangs-Crooks-Creeps-ebook/dp/B006H99D1U/ref=zg_bs_11010_5, I never thought that I could enjoy a book about mob rat Henry Hill, but this one written by his son, Gregg, and his daughter, Gina, kept my interest and gave me a vivid account of two poor kids on the run.. I feel so guilty at my life. One day, he even showed up to El Toreador in a T-shirt with the words Witness Protection Program on it. 'No, that's Henry Hill who's married,' he told a confidante when told he had committed a 'major crime' by taking a second wife. He stole everything and from everyone. It was like another country, Henry later said. Hill had already beenarrested for getting into a fight with a presumed mistress when they were hidden inIndependence, Kentucky. In 1980 Hill left the life, entered the witness protection program and testified against the mob. Soon enough, Sherry received a phone call. They beat the state case, and now the feds are going after him, she said. All I knew was that my father was in trouble, and I resented him for it. And Hill didn't just bring along his wife and kids; he tried to take two of his mistresses into protection, too. The journal entry on this blog is one that my father wrote in his personal journal. Hes MY husband, Sherry told her. If I had a headache, the drive was even more unbearable. He was back off the wagon drinking, drugging risking his cover while his family did everything they could to lay low. It was during his relationship with Anders that Hill began working on his book Wiseguys - whichwould inspire the 1990 Martin Scorsese crime classic Goodfellas in which he was played by Liotta alongside Robert de Niro and Joe Pesci. Few areas of American culture have been more falsely glamorized than the mafia. He said he felt closer to God now. However, we are getting this story from two people closest to Henry Hill: his son and his daughter, so we know it must be the awful truth. by Gina Hall (Author), Gregg Hill (Author) 299 ratings Kindle $11.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover $38.91 51 Used from $2.06 5 New from $29.98 2 Collectible from $14.00 Paperback $22.99 6 Used from $15.57 3 New from $17.23 Mass Market Paperback $16.78 9 Used from $12.80 My mother explained it to me in pretty blunt terms, considering how old I was. They wanted dirt on the prosecution's star witness. Her children released a book in 2004, titled On the Run: A Mafia Childhood, that tells their own version of their experience with the Mafia. Both our design and construction staff have a proven . But the family were still taken out of the witness protection program 'based upon continued arrests and breaches of security'. Despite being under the supervision of the Feds, Hill became a violent drug addict and began dealing drugs to support his habit. And his connections. She even ended her friendship with Samantha, whom Hill told her he slept with one night (he never did). Henry Hill, Karen, Gregg, Gina. Even though born to a middle-class family, Karen was ambitious about life, and she enjoyed the perks of marrying Henry Hill. He wrote about the heist in a detailed form and from his point of view. Believing that he had slept with Sherry the night before, she went to find her next. Find your friends on Facebook. @page { margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 120%; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2 }. - The Mob: The Addict Who Took Down the Mafia (2021) . Lisa, of Italian-American descent, shared a Malibu home with Hill (who was portrayed . Lets get married today, he told her. Nearly broke, Sherry had no choice but to take her son to her hometown and move in with her parents. When my parents first got married, in 1965, they lived with my grandparents, my moms parents, in Valley Stream, on Long Island. He had a better ride through the Pennsylvania farmlands than I ever did. The sun had just gone down, and the kitchen was dark. Book Review On the Run by Gregg and GinaHill. Henry Hill's business partner, Jimmy Burke has whacked every person who could possibly implicate him in the infamous Lufthansa robbery at JFK airport. Uncle Paulie let us use his car once, a big cream-colored Lincoln Town Car that rode like it was on a cloud. Daughter of Henry Hill. My mom and dad got their own place for a while, a small apartment, then moved back right before my mom had me. Gina Hill. It was almost as if he had come to believe his own hype, bought into his own scam, convinced himself that, yeah, it was really like a movie.. The testimony led to 50 convictions and meant that Hill, his wife Karen, and their two children had to be put in the US Marshals Witness Protection Program in 1980. In an attempt to keep their true identities hidden from everyone around them, the family changed their names - with Hill becoming Martin Lewis, a name that he borrowed from two of his favorite actors, Hollywood heartthrob Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis. The marshals in charge of keeping Hill alive were constantly shaking their heads, but Hill was a tad delusional. Those bastards. She made it sound like the government was picking on him over something petty. In Gangsters and Goodfellas, Hill conceded that his 'attempt at bigamy' had been 'a complete failure', not least because he kept returning to the home that he also shared with first wife Karen and their children. Soon, Gregg got married and started his own family. It is not known where she is now. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. "One of the most painful things I ever did was leave my mother and my sister. Then one of them would stick a gun in his face. She knew something wasnt right. Her dreams did come true as the film showed her transition from just an ordinary woman to the gangsters wealthy wife. She was notorious mobster Henry Hill's girlfriend - the dude from Goodfellas who passed away at age 69 yesterday. But by this point Anders was pregnant and flatly refused. Henry Hill then became an informant to the FBI, which caused Karen and the children to enter the Witness Protection Program, where they were given new identities and lived in numerous locations through the 1980s. Years later, she admitted, It was so devastating I wanted to kill myself, to be quite honest. Slowly but surely, she moved on and started doing hair and makeup for movies and TV shows. She had met her true love. He even converted to Judaism, got circumcised and everything; my grandma made a little tent for the sheets when he was recuperating so his sore parts would be protected. It helps, but is not necessary, to have read Wiseguy (I haven't) or seen Goodfellas (I have, multiple times). Her friend Vivian Walsh, who owned the salon Sherry worked in, had a bad feeling about Martin from the moment he walked into the salon to visit Sherry. Hill's arrest in 1980 by Nassau County narcotics officers officially marked the end of his life in the Lucchese family. Nick was around so often that he struck up a romance with Samantha, the roommate. I had a much different childhood than most children, for starters, I and my brother grew up in the Witness Protection Program; however, this blog is about my father, not us. She wanted to meet, and Sherry agreed. The pain was so bad Id get nauseous, couldnt keep anything down, not even aspirin. You want to have some fun? Sherry asked Karen. We are the children of one of the most notorious mobsters turned FBI informants, Henry Hill. The Hill kids were struggling too. Heres wife Number One and wife Number Two, Sherry announced. Martin moved into the apartment Sherry was sharing with her roommate and lifelong friend, Samantha, who had a son of her own. How a man could do so much harm to his own family is shocking; even sickening. It was only a matter of time. The truth was, as I found out later, somebody did get hurt. That gangster, shed say, only shed spit out the words. Karen today continues to use an alias to protect her identity, as do her two children, Gregg and Gina. Following his arrest for the robbery on April 27, 1980, detectives played him wire taps of other mob members threatening to kill him but he refused to talk, at least for a while. First things first: she had to get her husbands marriage to Sherry dissolved. Dont worry about it, one of them told Gram. He stole, fenced, bootlegged, loan-sharked, and extorted. For a while, the four of them were like two pairs in a pod. So brazen was Hill that he even wore a 'Witness Protection Program' T-shirt while dating Anders. Its just temporary, she said. The comments below have not been moderated, By And so, Hill was released on probation. 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