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Henry Hill – Bio, Ex-Wives, Kids (Gina, Gregg and Justin), where are they now
Henry Hill Jr. otherwise known as Alex Canclini, was a glorified criminal who, as a teenager, teamed up with an Italian family to commit ruthless crimes ranging from stealing cars to selling them, dealing hard drugs like cocaine and the like and the burial of murdered corpses supported the victims. He committed crimes for about 30 years before the long arm of the law caught up with him.
After being nabbed by law enforcement, he willingly taunted his longtime associates to stay alive and gave the agency one of the greatest convictions of fifty organized criminals. He spent his later years painting, writing, consulting and looking over his shoulder until death’s cold hands finally snatched him away when he died of natural causes.
Henry Hill’s biography
Henry Hill Jr. was born on June 11, 1943 in Manhattan, New York. His first name was Alex Canclini. He was of Irish and Sicilian descent. Hill was born to Henry Hill Snr. and Carmela Elizabeth Hill and had about eight siblings, all of whom grew up in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Brownsville, Eastern Brooklyn. Some of his siblings were named Michael Hill, Elizabeth J., Hamel and Lucille Chrisafulle.
He grew up next to a revered LuccheseA well-organized and powerful family, the leader of which was Paul Vario. In 1955, Hill was looking for a side job after school because he was willing to work and because he was close to the Lucchese crime family, where he took on the job for the patrons of Vario’s shop window and was handsomely rewarded for the job. Over the years his involvement increased and he left school to devote himself to the activities that Paul Vario and the Lucchese family had entrusted to him.
Previous criminal influences and activities
Henry Hill Jr.’s early involvement came at age twelve after dropping out of school and settling down full time to study. He did small runs and dirty deals, including; Selling hard drugs, running errands and hijacking cars and trucks with a notorious kidnapper Jimmy the Gent who had a working relationship with the Lucchese crime family.
At the age of 17, Hill joined the army and went on small dirty runs like selling surplus food, duty-free cigarettes, etc. and paying other soldiers to cover for his deeds. During his three years in the military as a paratrooper, law enforcement rounded up and mugged more than 5,000 notorious criminals in his neighborhood, but the almighty Lucchese’s family was left out. However, he kept in touch with the mobs throughout his time in the army.
Two months before his discharge from the army, he stole a sheriff’s car and got into a bar fight that landed him in the stockade for two months.
Crimes, Arrests, and the Witness Protection Program of Henry Hill Jr.
On his return to New York in 1963, he bought a restaurant and nightclub with his own proceeds from the robbery so he would have a legitimate source of income. The restaurant and nightclub would later be used by the big boys in the crime circles for discussions and to carry out their various businesses, including the 1970 assassination of William Bentvena aka Billy Batts. He belonged to the Gambino family and was killed preventing him from doing so He took back his crime spree that Burke and DeSimone had commissioned in prison.
In 1967, he neatly performed the $420,000 theft with Air France’s DeSimone Strong Room. He gave part of the proceeds to Paul Vario and Mafia Sebastian Aloi of the Colombo family because they controlled the area he robbed. Henry Hill was also among the planners of the largest robbery in the United States at the time – 1978 – at the John F. Kennedy Airport, in which approximately $5.875 million worth of cash and jewelry was stolen. The robbery was known as the Lufthansa robbery and the main target of his successful execution was Jimmy Burke, although he was never linked to the crime as there was insufficient evidence to support his arrest.
Henry Hill has dealt with match fixing and gambling with the help of some NBA umpires and burying bodies murdered by his gang members, among others. He also increased his drug sales to wholesale volumes, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin and quaaludes. He was later raped by one of the salespeople, who was nabbed by the narcotics squad, who gave the name Henry Hill, leading to his arrest by detectives Daniel Mann and William Broder in 1980.
On April 27, 1980, after several wiretapping attempts, Hill was placed under surveillance and eventually arrested for drug trafficking. The detectives, knowing he was involved with the Lucchese crime family, pressured him into giving them up in exchange. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, which he spent on the run under the guise of multiple names and in different cities, until finally being dropped from the program in the 1990s for continuing his crimes.
It is worth noting that Henry Hill was a sponge (heavy drinker) and drug addict who twice inflated his own witness pouch which finally got him out on the streets when the federal marshals grew tired of his excesses. He never really stopped the crime and was arrested, re-arrested, and later convicted from 1990 to 2005, primarily for possession of drugs including cocaine, methamphetamine, and unruly behavior.
Henry Hill’s Ex-Wives and Relationships
Hill has been married twice and had multiple affairs on the side, which might be excusable to people in his line of work. He met his first wife, Karen Friedman, through his girlfriend Paul Vario and married her in 1965. Their marriage ended in 2002, although they filed for divorce back in the 1990s. She had had two children for him.
Henry Hill reportedly married Kelly Alor in the 1990s, while he was still married to Karen under a false name, Scott reportedly ended their marriage in 1996 after Hill reportedly drew a gun on her and another man. It is not clear if she had a child
Hill was in a living relationship and got engaged to Italian Lisa Caserta in 2006 before he broke up in 2012 at Topanga Canyon, where he lived with his then-fiancée.
Children (Gina, Gregg and Justin) Where are they now?
However, it is speculated that Henry Hill had five children, our research could only clearly point to Gina and Gregg, who were born to his first wife Karen and im May 1980 Aged 11 and 13 when they entered a witness protection program with their parents and had to change identities and places and make connections to their past lives to stay alive.
They both wrote a memoir together while on the run, which was titled On the Run: Escaping Mafia Childhood. The memoir gives two different views of what their life was like before and while they were on the program. The book was very insightful about the mob lifestyle and received good reviews.
Gregg finished school and got his law degree. He married his wife and they are blessed with beautiful children, although he still goes by his rumored name.
Gina herself returned to New York University to complete her studies, and also married with children.
We believe that Gina and Gregg have thrived and maintained their assumed identities after exiting the witness protection program.
Justin was the son of Dawn, a then-girlfriend of Henry Hill, who was placed in a foster home when his parents didn’t take care of him (his mother was a junkie). Although it has been reported that Gina flew to Florida to get her half brother and eventually get custody. On June 12, 2012, he finally bites the dust after suffering a heart attack in Malibu with some of his family members who were present.
Other Facts: Movie adaptations, net worth, height
Some of the work on his life story includes an autobiography written by Nicholas Pileggi entitled Wiseguy: Living in a Mafia Family , a book that was made into a film by GoodFellas in 2001. Although other films before then about the mob lives like The Ten Million Getaway and The Great Heist were made . He was also featured on Howard Stern Radio, AMC, where he recounted his 30-year life of crime.
He sold his pictures and cookbooks on Ebay and consulted with filmmakers.
Henry Hill’s net worth is still under scrutiny, although he was estimated to be worth between $3 million and $7 million before his death.
He was 5 feet 8 inches tall and supported by 70 kilograms of weight.
