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Lot #449
Henry Hill California Death Certificate (2012)

Estimate: $500+

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Certified copy of the California death certificate of famed mob informant Henry Hill, 8.5 x 11, issued by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health on June 28, 2012. The single-page certificate records Hill's death on June 12, 2012, at age 69, identifying his occupation as "Writer" and listing the immediate cause of death as “Acute Myocardial Infarction,” with acute renal failure and ischemic bowel as underlying causes. Additional details include his residence in Topanga, California, his fiancée Lisa Caserta as the informant, and his disposition through the Neptune Society of Sherman Oaks. Stamped by the registrar and embossed with the State of California and Los Angeles County seals. In fine condition.

Henry Hill rose to notoriety as an associate of New York's Lucchese crime family, though because of his Irish ancestry, he was never eligible to become a made member of the Mafia. After becoming an FBI informant, his testimony against former associates helped secure approximately 50 convictions and led to his entry into the federal Witness Protection Program, from which he was expelled in 1987 following continued criminal activity. Hill's life story became internationally famous through Nicholas Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy, which Martin Scorsese adapted into the acclaimed 1990 film Goodfellas, with Ray Liotta portraying Hill. This official death certificate documents the passing of the mob associate whose extraordinary life inspired one of the most influential crime films ever made.

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