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  1. Jimmy Conway, based on James Burke, was a notorious mobster who participated in the Lufthansa heist and other crimes. He was convicted of conspiracy and died in prison in 1996, after Henry Hill testified against him.

  2. James Burke was portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas, renamed Jimmy Conway. Burke was played by John Mahoney in the 1991 television film The 10 Million Dollar Getaway , which details the events of the Lufthansa Heist.

  3. Apr 19, 2023 · James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, the mobster who inspired Robert De Niro's Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas, died in prison in 1996. He was convicted for the Boston College point-shaving scandal and the murder of Richard Eaton, among other crimes.

  4. James Conway is an Australian harmonica player and with his brother, Mic Conway, was a co-founder of the 1970s humour, theatre and rock group, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band.

  5. Feb 28, 2024 · Warner Bros. Robert De Niro as Jimmy Conway, the character based on Jimmy Burke, in the 1990 film Goodfellas. From his untold numbers of murders to his orchestration of the infamous $6-million Lufthansa heist in 1978, this is the real story of Jimmy “The Gent” Burke.

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  6. Sep 21, 2020 · On February 17 1979, two Brooklyn homicide investigators found the body of a conman named Richard Eaton. It was discovered in the back of an abandoned trailer, frozen near-solid, like a six-foot ...

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  8. 60K views 1 year ago. The real Jimmy Conway from the mafia film Goodfellas was based on real life gangster Jimmy Burke. ...more.

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