William "Billy Batts" Bentvena (January 19, 1921 – June 11, 1970), also known as William Devino,[1] was an Italian-American mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a longtime friend of John Gotti in the 1960s. After spending six years in prison for narcotics trafficking, Bentvena was murdered by Lucchese crime family associate Tommy DeSimone, with the help of fellow Lucchese associates James Burke and Henry Hill.[2]
^Jeffrey A. Winters (April 18, 2011). Oligarchy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 70–. ISBN 978-1-139-49564-6. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^Nicholas Pileggi (September 27, 2011). Wiseguy: The 25th Anniversary Edition. Simon and Schuster. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-1-4516-4278-0. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
William "Billy Batts" Bentvena (January 19, 1921 – June 11, 1970), also known as William Devino, was an Italian-American mobster with the Gambino crime...
heist. He also committed numerous murders, including killing William "Billy Batts" Bentvena in 1970. DeSimone went missing in 1979 and is believed to have...
narcotics trial started on November 21, 1960; one of his co-defendants was WilliamBentvena, a Gambino made man who was murdered by Henry Hill's associates James...
hideout. He was shot and killed in 1983. William "Billy Batts" Bentvena – also known as William Devino, Bentvena was a racketeer and drug smuggler. His...
who "were always there". According to the book Wiseguy, after William "Billy Batts" Bentvena was released from prison in 1970, a welcome home party was thrown...
Gambino crime family. His offense was that he murdered made man William "Billy Batts" Bentvena (a member of the Gambino crew led by then caporegime and future...
girlfriend and future wife, who testified against Werner before a grand jury. William "Bill" Fischetti, a taxi dispatch company owner: 228–229 and a mob relative...
owned a shoeshine stand and other businesses. In real life, William "Billy Batts" Bentvena taunted Thomas "Two Gun Tommy" DeSimone, calling him "spit-shine...
name of Bàsquet Club Andorra less than a year later. Died: William "Billy Bats" Bentvena, 49, convicted organized crime smuggler, was murdered three...
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