The True Story of 'The Irishman': I Heard You Paint Tangled Tales

This article contains spoilers for the events depicted in “The Irishman.” “The first words Jimmy ever spoke to me were, ‘I heard you paint houses,’ ” said the man now known as “The Irishman” shortly before his death. The man was <strong> Frank Sheeran </strong> , and besides being an Irishman, he was also a bagman and hit man for the mob. Jimmy was <strong> James Riddle Hoffa </strong> , the Teamsters union president whose 1975 disappearance has never been solved, and the paint was not pain...