 In the book, Gregg and Gina discuss how their maternal grandparents and Karen's two younger sisters, Sandy and Adrianne, helped take care of them, when Karen and Henry were out dealing in crime.Henry died on June 12, 2012, at the age of 69, from heart failure in Los Angeles.Karen Friedman Hill was portrayed by Lorraine Bracco in the 1990 film "Goodfellas", directed by Martin Scorsese, with a script based on Nicholas Pileggi's 1985 book "Wiseguy".