July 9, 1914 - Paul Vario
A senior figure in the Lucchese crime family for decades, Vario ran a Brooklyn crew whose operations spanned loan sharking, labor racketeering, and a role in the 1978 Lufthansa heist at JFK — one of the largest cash robberies in American history at the time. His longevity in organized crime, and the loyalty he commanded from associates including Henry Hill, reflected a particular kind of institutional authority within the New York mob structure.
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Paul Vario (July 10, 1914 – May 3, 1988) was an American mobster and made man in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was a caporegime and had his own crew of mobsters in Brooklyn, New York. Following the testimony of Henry Hill, Vario was convicted in 1984 of fraud and was sentenced to four years in prison, followed by a conviction for extortion in 1985 and an additional sentence of 10 years in prison. He died on May 3, 1988, of respiratory failure in prison.
He was portrayed as Paul Cicero by Paul Sorvino in the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas.
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