Henry Hill dead, age 69

[The Boston Dangler]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18422867

He entered into witness protection but was expelled from the programme in the early 1990s after committing various drug-related crimes.

In more recent years, Hill became a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show, marketed his own spaghetti sauce and opened a restaurant called Wiseguys.

goodfellas is my favorite movie. goodbye, henry. your life of crime has given me a lifetime of enjoyment.

 

[blackdogdeek]

what i don't understand is how did he avoid getting whacked when he was expelled from witness protection?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

what i don't understand is how did he avoid getting whacked when he was expelled from witness protection?

for every henry hill or sammy the bull, how many do we not hear about? iirc, there's a high "relapse rate". these guys just can't quit with the crime, especially drug dealing.

 

[shortylickens]

for every henry hill or sammy the bull, how many do we not hear about? iirc, there's a high "relapse rate". these guys just can't quit with the crime, especially drug dealing.

Thats how they got George Jung. He kept getting busted and let out and went right back to running drugs. Eventually he got jail for real. Something like 15 years.

 

[sactoking]

what i don't understand is how did he avoid getting whacked when he was expelled from witness protection?

A lot of the people he helped take down were already dead. Those left alive didn't want to target him because he was too high-profile.

 

[ichy]

A lot of the people he helped take down were already dead. Those left alive didn't want to target him because he was too high-profile.

This. The people who really had a reason to hate him were dead or locked up.

 

[Anubis]

Thats how they got George Jung. He kept getting busted and let out and went right back to running drugs. Eventually he got jail for real. Something like 15 years.

hes gotta be up for parole again soon as he was given that 15 year sentance in the mid 90s