Henry Hill, mobster-turned federal witness, dies "pretty peacefully, for a goodfella"

(CBS News) Henry Hill, a long-time New York City mobster-turned FBI informant and witness, has died at the age of 69 at a hospital in Los Angeles.

Hill's partner and manager Lisa Caserta tells CBS News Hill, "went out pretty peacefully, for a goodfella".

She says he was with family members when he passed away on Tuesday. No specific cause was given, but Caserta tells CBS News that years of heavy smoking combined with complications from a recent heart attack led to his death.

Hill became infamous in 1990, when the movie "Goodfellas" dramatized his life, with Ray Liota playing the "wise guy".

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