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James Burke (born James Conway), also known as Jimmy the Gent, The Irish Guinea, and The Big Irishman (July 5, 1931-April 13, 1996), was an Irish-American gangster and Lucchese Crime Family associate who organized the 1978 Lufthansa heist, then the most lucrative cash theft in American history, and also either committed or orchestrated the murders of many of those involved in the months following. He is the father of small-time mobster and Lufthansa heist suspect, Frankie Burke, Jimmy Burke is also the father of Jesse James Burke, Catherine Burke (who married Bonanno Crime Family soldier Anthony Indelicato in 1992), and another unidentified daughter.

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  • James Burke (born James Conway), also known as Jimmy the Gent, The Irish Guinea, and The Big Irishman (July 5, 1931-April 13, 1996), was an Irish-American gangster and Lucchese Crime Family associate who organized the 1978 Lufthansa heist, then the most lucrative cash theft in American history, and also either committed or orchestrated the murders of many of those involved in the months following. He is the father of small-time mobster and Lufthansa heist suspect, Frankie Burke, Jimmy Burke is also the father of Jesse James Burke, Catherine Burke (who married Bonanno Crime Family soldier Anthony Indelicato in 1992), and another unidentified daughter.
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  • James Burke (born James Conway), also known as Jimmy the Gent, The Irish Guinea, and The Big Irishman (July 5, 1931-April 13, 1996), was an Irish-American gangster and Lucchese Crime Family associate who organized the 1978 Lufthansa heist, then the most lucrative cash theft in American history, and also either committed or orchestrated the murders of many of those involved in the months following. He is the father of small-time mobster and Lufthansa heist suspect, Frankie Burke, Jimmy Burke is also the father of Jesse James Burke, Catherine Burke (who married Bonanno Crime Family soldier Anthony Indelicato in 1992), and another unidentified daughter. Burke inspired the character "Jimmy "The Gent" Conway", one of the main characters in the 1990 movie Goodfellas (Film), played by Robert De Niro. Jimmy Burke died of lung cancer in Roswell park cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, while serving 20 years to life for murder in a New York State Prison. He would of been eligible for parole in 2004. Jimmy Burke is regarded by the FBI as one of the most powerful, richest, and dangerous Irish-American gangsters in history.
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