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. They wanted more information and his testimony. According to his son, it was his fathers decision to get them out of Nebraska. Henry Hill, Jr. (June 11, 1943 - June 12, 2012) was a New York City mobster. Both were in shock over what they were each hearing. They were acquitted in that case. 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. by Gina Hall (Author), Gregg Hill (Author) 299 ratings Kindle $11.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover $38.91 51 Used from $2.06 5 New from $29.98 2 Collectible from $14.00 Paperback $22.99 6 Used from $15.57 3 New from $17.23 Mass Market Paperback $16.78 9 Used from $12.80 Read an excerpt. The Feds also changed the familys last name again: this time to Scott. His father, Grandpa Hill, beat him with a belt when he found out; he was an honest man, an Irish electrician with a Sicilian wife raising eight kids my father and his five sisters and two younger brothers in a walk-up. That gangster, shed say, only shed spit out the words. Through the 1970s, the Hill family was involved in organized crime, through which they became very wealthy and lived extravagantly. But under witness protection, everything changed. Gina Hill. Gina also got married and started her own family. It was magic, Sherry recalled. Stealing was second nature to my father. He was put behind bars in 1987 and later claimed he dodged at least two attempts by Vario and Burke goons who were in the same prison to have him killed. Sherry came with a small handgun in her purse, just in case, and asked her friend to call the police if she didnt hear from her by 2 p.m. At the diner, seeing a table of uniformed cops offered her some relief. Wide-eyed and jaw on the floor would be correct. He was 13 and his sister Gina was just 11 and in only seconds their lives were changed forever. Sherry, who was paranoid about the whole situation, started sleeping with a gun under her pillow just as Hill had when he first entered Witness Protection. Hill later did a 180, claiming that Sherry was never pregnant, and they were never even married. I am a Teacher who started creating online content for my students from 2016 so that they can get access to free knowledge online. Henry Hill continued to be the same reprobate he always had been. While Henry . Sherry rode the white, bony horse bareback into the night, crying the whole way. But when he drank, he was a loudmouth, which was how Karen heard about the pregnancy. They started double dating (with Vivian and her husband) and Hill always made an impression with his 100-dollar tips. Henry Hill then became an informant to the FBI, which caused Karen and the children to enter the Witness Protection Program, where they were given new identities and lived in numerous locations through the 1980s. She managed to flee by car. Yet again, the man who was supposed to be laying low was making too much noise. Her children released a book in 2004, titled 'On the Run: A Mafia Childhood', which was about their own experience with the Mafia. This is one of the menus in my father's restaurant. Sherry would lie to herself it was the stress of a new relationship, thats all. Fortunately for her, it's tricky to find out exactly what she's up to these days. He was arrested again in July of that same year forpassing bad checks. 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. Nobody said anything to him, Gregg wrote. She was born in New York City and raised on Long Island around the Five Towns, the daughter of Jewish parents. But Janet was a professional (albeit only 25 years old) and had a job to do. In recent times however he ventured out in public more opening a restaurant called Wiseguys, launching his own brand of spaghetti sauce and appearing on US TV talking about gangster movies. 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. While he was worried about making any disturbances at work, his dad would be getting hammered at the bar. In the midst of Karens threats to Sherry over the phone, Sherry told Hill that she was pregnant. I was in first grade at P.S. The events of their lives were portrayed in various novels and the 1990 film Goodfellas. I think sometimes my grandparents liked my dad in spite of themselves. The man who Anders knew as the charming and charismatic Martin was in fact a married mafia informant with a large target on his back, who had a wife and two children living just a few miles from where he and his second spouse met. I have work. It was his smile that damn smile that always worked on her. "', 'I am utterly shattered': Ray Liotta's devastated Goodfellas co-star Lorraine Bracco leads tributes as Hollywood reacts to his shock death at age 67, 'He was way too young': Robert De Niro, 78, pays tribute to Goodfellas co-star Ray Liotta, 67, who died in his sleep next to his fiancee in Dominican Republic hotel while shooting new film Dangerous Waters, Ray Liotta's last film: Goodfella's star was shooting thriller Dangerous Waters with Eric Dane about 'a teen uncovering her mother's dark past' before he died in the Dominican Republic. Hed been running with mobsters for more than half his life, since he was eleven years old and started cutting school to hang out at Uncle Paulies cabstand in the Brownsville East section of Brooklyn. Even though born to a middle-class family, Karen was ambitious about life, and she enjoyed the perks of marrying Henry Hill. To Sherry, she looked like a young Katharine Hepburn. Due to his numerous crimes while in witness protection, the family was expelled from the program in the early 1990s. Hill was now going by the name Martin Lewis. It was like another country, Henry later said. Everyone in Redmond just figured it was a joke, of course. Hes a married man! Gram would scream. As Janet went on and on about the details of Hills secret life, more and more of the puzzle came together for Sherry. Hill had already beenarrested for getting into a fight with a presumed mistress when they were hidden inIndependence, Kentucky. He started betting on Kentucky horses. Initially after their marriage, Karen and Henry moved in with Karen's parents at their home in Lawrence, New York. As for Karen she divorced Hill in 1990 and it was finalized in 2002. That package was a woman named Sherry Anders. But that only pushed my father closer to the men at the cabstand. On the Run: A Mafia Childhood is the authors' account of their childhood as the son and daughter of Henry Hill, the infamous mobster and informant whose story was the basis of Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi and the movie Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese.. When they said their goodbyes, he kissed her hand and said, Ill love you forever.. Karen seems to relish the brand-new Buick Riveras in the driveway and closets which were always bursting with trending expensive clothes. Not long into their marriage, his behavior grew more erratic. The electricity during those months was just absolutely volatile, just screaming. Raised a Mormon in rural Washington, the single mom was nave, if anything. Before he could properly get kicked out of Sherrys house, he passed out. Our trips to Lewisburg were always miserable. Few areas of American culture have been more falsely glamorized than the mafia. In On the Run we discover that in 1980, after being shuttled from one hotel to another for several months while the Feds got as much information as they could from Hill, the family ended up on the outskirts of Omaha, Neb. When Hill (played by Ray Liotta) said that Karen (played by Lorraine Bracco) looked just like Elizabeth Taylor, Sherry felt chills down her spine as Hill had used the same line with her. Suddenly, a man who never knew life outside of the mob, was walking the streets as one of us. Frankly, On the Run could have been entitled Daddy Dearest. Henry worked his way up, became an earner, and proved himself worthy of playing a key role in the notorious heist of Lufthansa Airlines in 1978. Actor: Sinatra Club. He said he felt closer to God now. I could never understand why my mother always brought so much with her. There was a point where Nick heard he might be a potential kidnapping victim in a plot to get to Hill. He would disappear for days (probably to visit his actual family). But I definitely remember the Fairview. Sherry threw all my clothes out of her second-story bedroom window right into a pile of snow. She ended up seeing Hill one last time (she has always called him Martin). See Photos. That was still better than the Plymouth Duster with the bald tires we had to rent one time from some low-budget lot. Gregg, in his early teens, thoroughly hated his father and his fathers deceptive and downright mean machinations, while Gina, a few years younger, was more of a Daddys Girl, until she eventually smartened up too. And like all gangsters, he acted like he owned the world. Pistol-whipped him! It was titled, On The Run: A Mafia Childhood. My mom and dad got their own place for a while, a small apartment, then moved back right before my mom had me. Hed tell my grandma he did a guy a favor and bought a load of merchandise from him, stuff she could help sell to the neighbors. Soon enough, Sherry received a phone call. She suffered a miscarriage; likely due to the incredible amount of stress she was under. "One of the most painful things I ever did was leave my mother and my sister. The details of my fathers line of work were sketchy to me when I was eight. After her marriage with Henry Hill she had two children, Gregg Hill and Gina Hill. Uncle Paulie let us use his car once, a big cream-colored Lincoln Town Car that rode like it was on a cloud. Nick was around so often that he struck up a romance with Samantha, the roommate. Your father did some things he shouldnt have done, is how shed put it. 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. It was only a matter of time until Hill landed in prison. They knew Hill was going to go to a dance club, so Sherry and Karen walked in arm and arm. 2022 History by Day all rights reserved, This Man Dug a Hole in His Backyard. They would hang around the house, drinking and writing. Henry Hill was an FBI informant whose life was immortalized by the 1990 movie Goodfellas, where he was played by Ray Liotta. QUICK FACTS Birth Year:. This behavior was partly out of love, and partly out of greed for the luxurious lifestyle, his criminal background gave her. As a host and someone who has been in that world,. The book covers both the remembrances of the Hill children prior to their entry into WITSEC and their subsequent adventures. Find your friends on Facebook. 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