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Pittsburgh mobster with 'Goodfellas' gang drug ties dies in Ormond bar
Daytona Beach News-Journal ^ | 7/29/2016 | Lyda Longa

Posted on 07/30/2016 11:32:42 AM PDT by Cementjungle

A mobster known as the "Pittsburgh connection" for the real-life gangsters portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie "Goodfellas" died Thursday evening after he suffered a heart attack at an Ormond Beach bar.

Eugene "Nick the Blade" Gesuale, 73, was having his customary Pinot Grigio at Past Times Restaurant and Bar, when he suddenly fell over," said bar manager David Ruiz.

"He was on his cellphone and it looked as if he was having a seizure," Ruiz said Friday afternoon. "I called 9-1-1."

Ruiz said Gesuale, who was released from federal prison in October 2014 after serving 24 years for racketeering and drug trafficking, was a regular at the bar, which just opened in May at 709 S. Nova Road.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: mafia; pennsylvania; pittsburg
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My wife knew this guy well, as her first husband (and father of my 2 step-children) was his Cousin Geno... the one this guy was apparently talking to on the cellphone when he croaked.
1 posted on 07/30/2016 11:32:42 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Cementjungle

Story kind of reminds me of this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJFh3_jifoA


2 posted on 07/30/2016 11:36:15 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Cementjungle

“And there was nothing we could do about it.”


3 posted on 07/30/2016 11:37:21 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Cementjungle
Goodfellas photo: goodfellas goodfellas.jpg Welcome to Hell Eugene.
4 posted on 07/30/2016 11:50:56 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: dfwgator

I believe you mean: “And we couldn’t do nothing about it.”


5 posted on 07/30/2016 11:51:20 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: dfwgator

Henry Hill died in 2012.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2894649/posts


6 posted on 07/30/2016 11:56:25 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: dfwgator

“And there was nothing we could do about it.”

2 posted on 6/12/2012, 11:26:41 PM by dfwgator


7 posted on 07/30/2016 11:57:44 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: rrrod

Is this where you drink?


8 posted on 07/30/2016 12:11:56 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("How sad for civilization." ~ hal ogen)
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To: tumblindice
My wife's ex, 2nd from the left. Looks just like his newly-deceased cousin:

I used to be on pretty good terms with him (because I'm step-dad to his 2 kids) until about 10 years ago when he fell on hard times and asked me to cosign a mortgage for him... which I declined. Oh well.

9 posted on 07/30/2016 12:18:29 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Cementjungle

Joe Pesce was actually a combination of two real life gangsters.

The one he most represented in the movie was a BIG guy which is kind of ironic.

Story has it his friend’s kid was crying cause the ice cream man passed him by without stopping. He took the kid in the car, found the ice cream man and said he’d kill him if he ever drove by the kid again.

Me, I personally would have just bought the kid a cone.


10 posted on 07/30/2016 12:20:39 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: tumblindice

That one on the right looks like he is a funny guy.


11 posted on 07/30/2016 12:26:15 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Never Killary!)
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To: Cementjungle

They look like pretty good fellas.


12 posted on 07/30/2016 12:44:46 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: KC_Lion

... but he’s funny how, I mean funny like he’s a clown, he amuses you? he make you laugh, he’s here to f***in’ amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How is he funny?


13 posted on 07/30/2016 12:45:49 PM PDT by digger48
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To: KC_Lion

I think he looks wise. Yeah, definitely a wise guy.


14 posted on 07/30/2016 12:46:27 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

15 posted on 07/30/2016 12:47:32 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: KC_Lion

Funny? Funny how? Like a clown? Like he amuses you?


16 posted on 07/30/2016 12:57:27 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: digger48

(Sorry digger, you did it better.)


17 posted on 07/30/2016 12:58:10 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: dfwgator

Now he looks like a funny guy!

I mean like a clown. He amuses me.


18 posted on 07/30/2016 12:59:42 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Cementjungle

#9 I am surprised you did not end up in the trunk of that car.......


19 posted on 07/30/2016 2:50:58 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: dp0622
Joe Pesce was actually a combination of two real life gangsters.

Henry Hill said the real guy who was played by Pesci was way crazier and more dangerous than the character in the movie.

Maybe he was exaggerating, I don't know.

20 posted on 07/30/2016 3:07:43 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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