Monday, October 24, 2016

The Scorsese Mausoleum on Staten Island

  

The parents of famed film director Martin Scorsese, whose hit films include Goodfellas and Gangs of New York, are entombed in a private mausoleum in Staten Island's Moravian Cemetery. Both parents, Catherine and Charles, had small roles in Goodfellas.  

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