๐James Burke, also known as "Jimmy the Gent," was an American gangster and Lucchese crime family associate who is believed to have organized the 1978 Lufthansa heist, the largest cash robbery in American history at the time. He was believed to be responsible for the deaths of those involved in the months after the robbery. Following the testimony of Henry Hill, Burke was convicted in 1982, of conspiracy charges related to his involvement in the 1978โ79 Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. While in prison, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to another 20 years. He died of cancer at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, eight years before he would have been eligible for parole. Burke inspired the character Jimmy "The Gent" Conway, one of the main characters of the 1990 film Goodfellas, played by Robert De Niro. โณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โณ 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - What weโll be covering today 03:44 - Growing up 07:02 - Making him a criminal 10:46 - Ciaccio extortion 20:37 - William โBilly Batsโ Bentvena 23:50 - Lufthansa Heist 28:52 - After Lufthansa 32:08 - It all falls apart 33:45 - Richard Eaton 35:20 - Boston College Point Shaving 38:37 - The End of Jimmy Burke ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐ Your source for the life and history of infamous gangsters ... and some other stuff, too. Your go-to resource for information on famous gangsters' lives and histories, as well as other things. โจ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ โจ โ Dana Truppiana Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@danatruppian... ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ โJohn Gotti - The Teflon Don, took out Paul Castellano, taken down by Sammy the Bull Gravano ๐https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYllyWq6gZs&t=350s โGiosue Gallucci - His death caused the Mafia-Cammora war!! ๐https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR60S... โBig Jim Colosimo - Prostitution, Gambling, racketeering, taken down because he wouldn't get into bootlegging ๐https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHLC2... โSalvatore Maranzano - The OG mafia creator whose face has only been captured in photos of his murder ๐https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWHnI... ๐ ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ โ IG: ๐https://www.instagram.com/danatruppiana/ โTwitter: ๐https://twitter.com/danatruppiana?s=2... โ FB: ๐https://www.facebook.com/DanaTruppian... ๐https://withkoji.com/@DanaTruppiana โ YouTube ๐https://www.youtube.com/@danatruppiana โWebsite: ๐https://danatruppianamobtimes.com/ #sicilianmafia #irish #irishmafia #lucchese #history #mafia #facts #life #lifestyle #mobs #americanmafia #crime #truecrime #lufthansa #lufthansacargo ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ : lufthansa heist james burke connections jimmy the gent burke james lee burke biggest heist in history
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