They wanted dirt on the prosecution's star witness. So brazen was Hill that he even wore a 'Witness Protection Program' T-shirt while dating Anders. It helped that a bona fide journalist named Nick Pileggi whom he introduced as his co-writer would come by often. My head hurt so bad I didnt care how I looked to anyone driving by. He had a hard enough time obeying the law, let alone my grandma. Karen immediately called Henry. When a down-on-his-luck basketball scout finds a potential superstar in Spain, he sets out to prove they both have what it takes to make it in the . She has two sisters, Ellen and Cheryl. 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. Im sure she never used the word prison, and it wouldnt have mattered because I was only six years old and wouldnt have known what prison was. And again, Sherry escaped. Gregg ultimately became a successful attorney. 'The electricity during those months was just absolutely volatile, just screaming,' Kellum toldPearl and Nichols. He stole, fenced, bootlegged, loan-sharked, and extorted. As much as she tried to move on, Hill was always in her thoughts; she couldnt get him out of her mind. This is me and my brother, Gregg Hill. Filmography. But she had her own anger to unleash. There was also another reason for why she didnt want to cut the cord Yes, she was pregnant. Hills death came 34 years after his last major job with his gang: the Lufthansa heist at John F Kennedy airport in New York in December 1978, which netted them a then-record $5.875 million. Wed bring pillows and blankets with us, which made me self-conscious when we pulled into a truck stop or the Perkins House of Pancakes because if anyone saw us they might think we were homeless. Married to a mobster, Karen tried to maintain any form of normalcy in her chaotic life. In time, I would grow to hate those words. Janet, who thought Hill was a Shmuck, noticed the terror in Sherrys eyes when they met. Her instincts proved spot on when one day an unfamiliar woman walked in to the hair salon. GREGG: Wed be up all night, I would be, anyway, riding in the front seat to help my mother stay awake. As for what he told his buddies at the bar, his cover was classic: he worked for the CIA. by Gregg Hill (Author), Gina Hill (Author) 344 ratings Kindle $11.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover $28.79 64 Used from $2.36 12 New from $24.85 2 Collectible from $14.00 Paperback $18.93 6 Used from $8.11 6 New from $17.81 Mass Market Paperback $3.04 12 Used from $3.04 Gina Hill. 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. Hill had to borrow money from her in between his installments from the publisher. My father, Jimmy Burke, and the union guy flew to Tampa, where Ciaccio owned a nightclub and a liquor store, and beat the shit out of him; my father, by his account, smacked him in the face a few times with a .38 revolver. Hills prediction was right: it was a bestseller. Janet and two other female detectives at the agency were dubbed Charlies Angels. The film has many scenes depicted with brutal accuracy from their life. As Janet went on and on about the details of Hills secret life, more and more of the puzzle came together for Sherry. The couple had two kids Gregg and Gina. @gina.hill.50552338. Log In. And so, she pulled Hill by the collar and dragged him to Sherrys house with papers in hand. The marshals in charge of keeping Hill alive were constantly shaking their heads, but Hill was a tad delusional. At first, he was happy to hear the news. Finally, after Hill, against the governments rules, decided to let writer Nick Pileggi pen his autobiography, the government dropped Hill and his family from the Witness Protection Program. She was born in New York and raised in the Five Towns area of . I have work. It was his smile that damn smile that always worked on her. They were so young, my dad twenty-two and my mom just nineteen. He ran up huge bogus tabs at his own restaurant, The Suite, on stolen credit cards. He even bragged about his double life to his friends. Gregg Hill remembered the trips to visit their father in Lewisburg while he was incarcerated there. I wondered how long it would be before I could wrap my arms around his neck and feel the smooth leather of his blazer or smell his Paco Rabanne cologne lingering in the apartment after he left to go to The Suite. When Karen found out her husband was a bigamist, Hill gave her this incredible excuse; Dont worry; it means nothing. As a host and someone who has been in that world, Tony Delvecchio wont let Henry Hill off the hook so easy. That gangster, shed say, only shed spit out the words. This book is told from two perspectives, where Gregg first gives his version of what happened and his feeling about what they were going through, and then Gina gives her versions. Hed been locked up a few times since Id been born, once for seventeen months; my mom took me to visit him in the Nassau County jail when I was about four. Then the prison would rise up through the windshield, climbing above the trees like a fortress in the woods. Henry Hill continued to be the same reprobate he always had been. Then we went up a set of wide stone steps into the building, where we got in line with everyone else who had a father or a brother or a son locked up in Lewisburg. '[Sherry and I] both knew the marriage wasn't valid when we sobered up,' he recalled. Goodfellas saw Henry Hill doing all types of criminal activities, but one his mob boss, Paul Cicero, wasn't on board with was drug trafficking - and here's why. Disorder in the household turned into utter mayhem. Between 1955 and 1980, Hill was associated with the Lucchese crime family. The private detective had been hired by a New York law firm to look into Henry Hill, who was rumored to be in Washington. She stormed out of the house as her daughter called out to her, Mom, what are you doing?. Making friends was hard given that they couldnt reveal much about their lives. But Karen thought it was a sexy thing to do. My father would do almost anything to make a score. To Sherry, she looked like a young Katharine Hepburn. The authors were Gregg Hill and Gina Hill, described as "Son and Daughter of 'Wiseguy' Henry Hill". Nearly broke, Sherry had no choice but to take her son to her hometown and move in with her parents. Of course, I dont actually remember a lot of that, and I didnt know most of those stories until years later. Gram probably knew it was stolen, but she never asked, so my dad never had to answer. Then one of them would stick a gun in his face. Sherry went with Janet to see Goodfellas in theaters when it came out. Healthy Lifestyle Coach at Kyani Nitro Nutrition GinaHill.Kyani.com. After about twenty years together it's said that Caserta and Hill were ready to finally tie the knot and she was also at his side when died. My grandma is strict to begin with, and my dad wasnt used to following rules. Thats how their life together started, nightclubs and pistol-whippings. The problem now was that the Hills were kicked out of the Witness Protection program, based on continued arrests and breaches of security. Hill was dealing drugs, which led to his arrest in a DEA sting. In "On the Run: A Mafia Childhood," Gregg and Gina Hill tell their story of life as the children of "Goodfellas" mobster Henry Hill. For as much as Dad might have irritated my grandma, she wasnt one to throw her daughter into the street. She said Hill had recently made his peace with his family, but I dont think he ever got over his demons. Hill went so far as to threaten Sherry with her life if she didnt sign the divorce papers. Henry Hill continued to be the same reprobate he always had been. But the heist turned up the heat on all the guys connected with it. 220, and maybe a little precocious. Hes a married man! Gram would scream. In the midst of Karens threats to Sherry over the phone, Sherry told Hill that she was pregnant. She wiped the tears from her eyes and streaks of mascara from her cheeks. In walked a likable 38-year-old guy who appeared at their table and introduced himself as Martin Lewis. Actor: Sinatra Club. But Janet was a professional (albeit only 25 years old) and had a job to do. Book Review On the Run by Gregg and GinaHill. My father had a hard time in school because he was dyslexic he didnt learn to read until he was sent to prison, and he still cant recite the alphabet without singing that song kindergarteners learn and he had a harder time at home because of his troubles at school. Theyd come on fast, this stabbing, throbbing pain right behind my eyes that would spread through my whole head. All he said was that he was writing about his life back in New York. 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. After her marriage with Henry Hill she had two children, Gregg Hill and Gina Hill. This is me and my brother, Gregg Hill. For the third time in a year and a half, the Hills were moved again. Anders, however, was entirely unaware of her husband's dark past - and his murky present - and had no idea that his arrival in her hometown came as the result of the multiple crimes he had committed, not only in New York as a gangster, but in the various other locations where he and his family were squirrelled away by law enforcement. She managed to flee by car. Charlie Lankston For Dailymail.com, said, "You know, I hope that's not a red flag, but there's something kind of creepy about him. He still wore his expensive suits and shiny loafers, but he had nowhere to go except to the store for milk. According to Anders' then-roommate Samantha Kellum, who was with her when she met Hill for the first time, their chemistry was 'electric' and clearly evident to all those around them. Gina also got married and started her own family. And then my mom told me he was going away. Karen Hill eventually confessed to her daughter Gina that it was the fascination and glamour of the criminal lifestyle that attracted her to Henry. And here comes my second wife, he bragged when she walked up to him. Yet again, the man who was supposed to be laying low was making too much noise. 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. 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. Sherry had to explain to Samantha who HH was. He told her that he recently dealt with a medical crisis and almost died. The driver looked a few years older than her, weathered but attractive. That was my dads greatest asset, his charm. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. To learn more you can visit: IE 11 is not supported. But nobody got hurt, and those bastards just kept coming after him until they convicted him of something.. Wed tell people we were Girl Scouts and ask for cookies. 'But I moved in with her for a short period of time; it didn't last long because I kept going home to Karen and the kids. But people stared and then they glared. Watch a rare interview with one of the most famous wiseguys of all time Henry Hill,ofGoodfellas fame. This is a copy of the contract my father signed when he agreed to become an FBI informant in exchange for protection from his crew. They had a son named Justin, but in 1997, Hill and Dawn, now living in California, became totally out of control with their drug use. They met up and Hill told her: 'I'll love you forever.'. She walked into Sherrys home, which was unlocked, and went straight to the bedroom to find her husband sleeping. Through the 1970s, the Hill family was involved in organized crime, through which they became very wealthy and lived extravagantly. Henry Hill's business partner, Jimmy Burke has whacked every person who could possibly implicate him in the infamous Lufthansa robbery at JFK airport. He started betting on Kentucky horses. In 2006, at the encouragement of Liotta, Hill entered rehabilitation to combat his drug addiction problems. Their divorce was finalized in 2002. 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.. If I had a headache, the drive was even more unbearable. He immediately rushed to the spot and drove Karen home and then walked across the street to find Ted in the driveway. She had been hired a New York law firm representingformer mob boss, Jimmy Burke. Secrets & Wives Truly*Adventurous Medium. And his connections. What do you mean? Stealing was second nature to my father. 'Isaid, "You know, I hope that's not a red flag, but there's something kind of creepy about him."'. 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. He went out every night dressed in sharp suits and stayed out until dawn if he came home at all, and he always had money to throw around, twenty for the doorman, fifty for the waiter. He violently pushed her out of his car and drove away. Soon, Janet was asking Sherry personal questions. So it's cool.'. Isnt that special?. Her children released a book in 2004, titled 'On the Run: A Mafia Childhood', which was about their own experience with the Mafia. As for Nick, the co-writer, he knew of the danger of his involvement with the mobster. 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. Lorraine Bracco depicted Karen Hill in the film Goodfellas, which was directed by Martin Scorsese. He was arrested on a number of occasions in the years leading up to his death for public drunkenness. Thats no way for a married man to behave! So my parents moved in and out, depending on how much money they had. It was like another country, Henry later said. It was a long ride, five and a half hours, too long to feel comfortable in a car, especially with two dogs dozing in the backseat with my little sister. Theyd get a tip from one of the guys on the loading docks at Kennedy Airport whenever a good load was going out, and theyd follow the driver until he stopped at a red light. Sherry wasnt going to sign anything without an attorney. ', One night the two wives are even said to have walked arm in arm into the club Hill was in. They were acquitted in that case. On her way home, Sherry mulled over what she had just discovered a massive blow to the bubble she was (sort of) living in. I knew it was a bad sign when we needed to be towed up the exit ramp of the parking lot at the Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge. Both our design and construction staff have a proven . When I was older, my mom told me that that was part of what attracted her to my dad the glitz, the way he could get them a front-row table at the Empire Club or the Copacabana, the way he seemed to know everyone and everyone knew him. When Sherry was turning to Karen for support, she let slip the fact that a private eye had been investigating her for months. Whereas Hill was doing all the wrong things, Karen went into survival mode. My father was one of them. Nick was around so often that he struck up a romance with Samantha, the roommate. 2005 The Jane Pauley Show (TV Series) Self. The pain was so bad Id get nauseous, couldnt keep anything down, not even aspirin. Soon, Gregg got married and started his own family. Its just temporary, she said. The movie Goodfellas told the story of Henry Hill the gangster who famously broke the mafia code of silence. Frankly, On the Run could have been entitled Daddy Dearest. Hide Self (2 credits) 2021 Narco Wars (TV Series documentary) Self - Henry Hill's Daughter. His name was John Ciaccio, and he owed a gambling debt to a friend of my father, a guy who ran one of the unions at Kennedy Airport. Sherry was a hopeless romantic. Profile. Most girls would have been terrified, but my mom said she thought it was sexy. The journal entry on this blog is one that my father wrote in his personal journal. (Ha!) In the late sixties and early seventies, when he had a wife and two young kids at home, my father was a full-time criminal. They would hang around the house, drinking and writing. Henry took care of it. Or when my dad and his friend Tommy DeSimone would back a truck up to the garage and unload boxes of microwaves or knit shirts or toaster ovens. Although he was convicted on drug charges stemming from his 1987 arrest, the FBI and prosecutors pleaded with the court to release him. He was given a bulletproof vest to wear whenever he was with Hill, but he never wore it. Therefore, exact details about them are still unavailable. 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. Kaylen replied: 'Yeah. As a result, the state took away their son. In 1980, Hill became an FBI informant, and his testimony helped secure 50 Conviction (s), including those of mob capo (captain) Paul Vario and James . ', And when Hill turned up later he found his two wives in the home he shared with Karen. According to Gregg Hill, his father constantly cheated on his wife, Karan, and he even got married again to one of his drug buddies while he was still married to Karen. Sherry was all smiles and all ears. He told me once that the wiseguys were the only people who were nice to him. - The Mob: The Addict Who Took Down the Mafia (2021) . Uncle Paulie let us use his car once, a big cream-colored Lincoln Town Car that rode like it was on a cloud. One day, Hill announced that the four of them were going on an impromptu trip to Canada immediately. The script for the film was based on the book Wise guy written by Nicholas Pileggi. That was still better than the Plymouth Duster with the bald tires we had to rent one time from some low-budget lot. In other words, he thought he had a permanent get out of jail free card.. 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. We got hit pretty hard, and we all got hurt pretty badly Gina was thrown through the windshield, and I was pinned under the dashboard. I hated being poor, which we were since my father had gone to prison, and I hated even looking like we were poor. Lisa, of Italian-American descent, shared a Malibu home with Hill (who was portrayed . My dad tried to make my grandma happy. My dad owned a restaurant called The Suite, and he must have been doing pretty well because we could afford to live in a place like the Fairview. He's my husband. Whats my sons name? she asked him. He was back off the wagon drinking, drugging risking his cover while his family did everything they could to lay low. And she was already pregnant with my brother. With nothing much that they could do, Sherry and Samantha put him in a room to sleep it off. None of them ever did, but my father did his best to rip it off. He wrote about the heist in a detailed form and from his point of view. Her name was actually Karen Hill, and the woman was tired of being moved around by marshals and being played by her husband. Soon after, Gregg Hill left home to go out on his own. I had a friend in the building, and wed go roaming around the hallways, knocking on doors. Both were in shock over what they were each hearing. When they said their goodbyes, he kissed her hand and said, Ill love you forever.. Worse, he behaved like it was some mobster joint back in New York City. It was Janet. Dad had a union card, and the bricklayers supposedly paid him $135 a week, but he didnt even pretend to work a normal job. But Hill was still letting himself into Sherrys house at odd hours, one time writing I love you, Sherry Amour, HH on the bathroom mirror in lipstick. 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