January 1, 1921 - William Bentvena
A Gambino family figure whose killing by members of a rival crew became one of the more documented episodes in the internecine violence of New York organized crime, his murder was later depicted in the film Goodfellas. The circumstances — a dispute in a bar, a delayed retaliation, a body moved across state lines — illustrated both the volatility and the calculated patience that characterized mob conflict in that era.
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William Joseph Bentvena (February 22, 1933 – June 11, 1970), also known as “Billy Batts”, was an American mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a longtime friend of John Gotti in the 1960s. After spending six years in prison for narcotics trafficking, Bentvena was murdered by Lucchese crime family associate Tommy DeSimone, with the help of fellow Lucchese associates James Burke and Henry Hill.
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