Henry Hill is Dead

Henry Hill is Dead

Henry Hill, a former ‘Goodfellas’ gangster is dead. He was 69.

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.

Hill, 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,” died Tuesday at a hospital after a long illness, longtime girlfriend Lisa Caserta said.

Hill had open heart surgery last year and died of complications from longtime heart problems related to smoking.