Paul Vario (July 9, 1914 – May 3, 1988) was a made man, a captain, and later the consigliere of the Lucchese crime family. In 1980, longtime associate Henry Hill became a government witness and testified against Vario and several others. Martin Scorsese's film Goodfellas is based on Hill's life inside The Vario Crew. Vario is depicted under the name, "Paul Cicero," and is played by actor Paul Sorvino.
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“That for which Paul lived and died so gloriously; that for which Jesus gave himself to be crucified; the end that animated the thousand martyrs and heroes who have followed his steps, was to redeem us from a formal religion, and teach us to seek our well-being in the formation of the soul.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)