Turned Estate’s Evidence

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(Props to Don)
Henry Hill, Jr., who managed to buy off Boston College basketball, has died at the age of 69. An associate of the Lucchese crime family, Hill dropped more dimes than an epileptic cashier when he got pinched for drug trafficking in 1980. In his case, snitches got riches, as his story was turned into the book Wiseguy by Nick Pileggi, which begat Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese’s excuse to abuse Joe Pesci again. In addition to the stuff covered in the movie, Hill orchestrated a point shaving scheme by paying the sanctimonious punks from Chestnut Hill Community College to keep their scoring down to avoid beating the spread in a bunch of games in the 1978-1979 season. Having traded Omerta for Omaha, Hill let the Witness Protection Program take him on the worst Showcase Showdown ever, following Nebraska with Independence, Kentucky; Redmond, Washington; and Seattle, Washington. After repeatedly getting arrested while in witness protection, Hill was actually expelled from the program, but apparently la Cosa Nostra thought having been played by Ray Liotta was punishment enough and he was allowed to live the rest of his life like a schnook.