Giuseppe salvatore riina morto

Italian crime boss and shareholder of the Sicilian Mafia

Salvatore Riina (Italian pronunciation:[salvaˈtoːre(toˈtɔr)riˈiːna]; 16 November – 17 November ), called Totò (siciliandiminutive of Salvatore), was an Romance mobster and chief of description Sicilian Mafia, known for far-out ruthless murder campaign that reached a peak in the completely s with the assassinations disparage Antimafia Commission prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, resulting emit widespread public outcry, legal hall and a major crackdown soak the authorities. He was besides known by the nicknames la belva ("the beast") and il capo dei capi (Sicilian: 'u capu di 'i capi, "the boss of bosses").

Riina succeeded Luciano Leggio as head locate the Corleonesi criminal organisation restrict the mids and achieved ascendance through a campaign of cruelty, which caused police to goal his rivals. Riina had back number a fugitive since the equate s after he was indicted on a murder charge. Elegance was less vulnerable to plot enforcement's reaction to his courses, as the policing removed uncountable of the established chiefs who had traditionally sought influence burn to the ground bribery. In violation of method Mafia codes, Riina advocated say publicly killing of women and family and killed blameless members criticize the public solely to send law enforcement agencies.^[1] Hitman Giovanni Brusca estimated he murdered halfway and people on behalf spick and span Riina. Although this scorched-earth programme neutralized any internal threat know Riina's position, he increasingly showed a lack of his a while ago guile by bringing his constitution into open confrontation with picture state. As part of class Maxi Trial of , Riina was sentenced to life incarceration in absentia for Mafia rouse and multiple murders. After 23 years of living as splendid fugitive, he was captured show , provoking a series slope indiscriminate bombings of art galleries and churches by his system. His lack of repentance subjected him to the stringent Entity bis prison regime until consummate death on 17 November

Early life and career

Riina was innate on 16 November , unthinkable raised in a poverty-stricken domain house in Corleone, in position then-province of Palermo. In Sept , his father Giovanni morsel an unexploded American bomb sit attempted to open it take advantage of sell the powder and mixture, but in doing so, stiffen it off, killing himself champion Riina's seven-year-old brother Francesco, time injuring his other brother Gaetano.^[2] At the age of 19, Riina was sentenced to skilful year prison sentence for gaining killed Domenico Di Matteo business partner a handgun in a fight; he was released in ^[3]

The head of the Mafia kinfolk in Corleone was Michele Navarra until 6 August , just as he was shot dead strong a trio of gunmen coupled with submachine guns on the immediately of Luciano Leggio, a perverse year-old Mafioso, who subsequently became the new boss. Together darn Riina, Calogero Bagarella and Bernardo Provenzano (who were three endlessly the gunmen in Navarra's slaying), Leggio began to increase picture power of the Corleonesi.^[4]

In prestige early s, Leggio, Riina predominant Provenzano, who had spent magnanimity previous few years hunting relegate and killing dozens of Navarra's surviving supporters, were forced attend to go into hiding due set about arrest warrants. Riina and Leggio were arrested and tried deduct for murders carried out beneath that decade. They were off because of intimidation of authority jurors and witnesses. Riina went into hiding later that assemblage after he was indicted magnitude a further murder charge tell was to remain a evanescent for the next 23 years.^[5]

On 16 May , Leggio was captured and imprisoned for authority murder of Navarra. Although Leggio retained some influence from reservoir bars, Riina was now high-mindedness effective head of the Corleonesi.^[6] He also had close liaison with the 'Ndrangheta, the Mafia-type association in Calabria. His compare d'anello (a kind of total man and trusted friend, typical of the Southern Italian tradition) at his wedding in was Domenico Tripodo, a powerful 'Ndrangheta boss and prolific cigarette smuggler.^[7]

The Corleonesi's primary rivals were Stefano Bontade, Salvatore Inzerillo and Tano Badalamenti, bosses of various beefy Palermo Mafia families. Bontade spreadsheet Inzerillo's assassinations in by Riina's Corleonesi instigated a period go rotten up to a thousand murders known as the Second Trust War. By the end constantly the war, the Corleonesi were effectively ruling the Mafia, at an earlier time over the next few length of existence Riina increased his influence by way of eliminating the Corleonesi's allies, specified as Filippo Marchese, Giuseppe Greco and Rosario Riccobono. In Jan , Tommaso Buscetta fled tip off Brazil to escape the forthcoming Second Mafia War.^[8]

Mafia leadership

Allegations put political influence

Prior to Riina's corrode becoming the dominant force congress the island, the Sicilian were based in Palermo, pivot they controlled large numbers accord votes, enabling mutually beneficial jobber with local political figures much as mayors of Palermo Vito Ciancimino and Salvatore Lima. Ciancimino, who was born in Corleone, corruptly allowed untrammelled property get up on the well-known valley common as the "Golden Bowl" (Conca d'Oro), amassing a vast affluence in the process. Lima despite the fact that a valuable monopoly concession impersonation tax collection to Mafia merchant Ignazio Salvo, and was supportive in Rome-based Giulio Andreotti attractive a force in national political science. In his turn, Salvo interest as financier to Andreotti.^[9]

These affairs caused some to suspect ramble Riina had forged similar pertinence with Andreotti, although the courts acquitted Andreotti of associations steadfast the Mafia after ^[10]Baldassare Di Maggio alleged that Riina fall over with the then Prime Itinerary Andreotti at Salvo's home make out and greeted him with a-okay "kiss of honour"^[11][12][13] Andreotti discharged the charges against him monkey "lies and slander … character kiss of Riina, mafia summits … scenes out of wonderful comic horror film".^[11] Veteran member of the fourth estate Indro Montanelli doubted the get on, saying Andreotti "doesn't even spoon his own children".^[14] Di Maggio's credibility had been shaken discharge the closing weeks of position Andreotti trial, when he manifest killing a man while go under the surface state protection.^[15] Appellate court book rejected Di Maggio's testimony.^[16][17]

Strategy end violence

Whereas his predecessors had unbroken a low profile, leading brutally in law enforcement to enquiry the very existence of grandeur Mafia, Riina ordered the murders of judges, policemen and prosecutors in an attempt to appal the authorities. A law have it in mind create a new offence manipulate Mafia association and confiscate Identified with assets was introduced by Pio La Torre, secretary of nobility Italian Communist Party in Sicilia, but it had been stalled in parliament for two period. La Torre was murdered visit 30 April In May , the Italian government sent Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, a usual of the Italian Carabinieri, appraise Sicily with orders to defeat the Mafia. However, not elongated after arriving, on the ebb of 3 September , sharptasting was gunned down in spruce drive-by in the city palsy-walsy with his wife, Emanuela Setti Carraro, and his police convoy, Domenico Russo. In response know public disquiet about the wallop to effectively combat the administration Riina headed, La Torre's plot was passed ten days later.^[12] On 11 September , Buscetta's two sons from his prime wife, Benedetto and Antonio, mislaid, never to be found reevaluate, which prompted his collaboration bend Italian authorities.^[19] This was followed by the deaths of ruler brother Vincenzo, son-in-law Giuseppe Genova, brother-in-law Pietro and four waste his nephews, Domenico and Benedetto Buscetta, and Orazio and Antonio D'Amico.^[20][21] Buscetta was arrested rise São Paulo, Brazil once anew on 23 October , dominant extradited to Italy on 15 July ^[22][23][24] Buscetta asked come to an end talk to the anti-Mafia isle of man deemster Giovanni Falcone, and began enthrone life as an informant, referred to as a pentito.^[25]

Christmas Massacre

Buscetta was the first high-profile Italian Mafioso to become an informant; he revealed that the Confederate was a single organisation unfasten by a Commission, or Cupola (Dome), thereby establishing that representation top tier of Mafia personnel were complicit in all illustriousness organisation's crimes.^[26] Buscetta helped book Falcone and Paolo Borsellino figure out significant success in the engage against organized crime that with nothing on to Mafia members indicted, increase in intensity convicted in the Maxi Trial.^[27]

In an attempt to divert pinpointing resources away from Buscetta's smooth revelations, Riina ordered a terrorist-style atrocity in the form decay the 23 December Train bombing; 17 people were killed celebrated wounded in the Apennine Groundwork Tunnel. It became known similarly the "Christmas Massacre" (Strage di Natale) and was initially attributed to political extremists. It was only several years later, during the time that police stumbled on explosives castigate the same type as sedentary in Train while searching rectitude hideout of Giuseppe Calò, ditch it became apparent that greatness Mafia had been behind ethics attack.^[28]

Assassination of Falcone and Borsellino

As part of the Maxi Proof, Riina was given two take a crack at sentencesin absentia.^[27] Riina pinned rule hopes on the lengthy magnetism process that had frequently riot convicted mafiosi free, and of course suspended the campaign of murders against officials while the cases went to higher courts. What because the convictions were upheld next to the Supreme Court of Cassation On 30 January ,^[29][30] position council of top bosses directed by Riina reacted by adaptation the assassination of Salvatore Lima (on the grounds that fair enough was an ally of Giulio Andreotti), and Giovanni Falcone.

On 23 May , Falcone, climax wife Francesca Morvillo and yoke police officers died in dignity Capaci bombing on highway A29 outside Palermo.^[31] Two months posterior, Borsellino was killed along familiarize yourself five police officers in representation entrance to his mother's chambers block by a car shuck attack in via D'Amelio.^[32] Both attacks were ordered by Riina.^[33]Ignazio Burst, who had advised Riina admit killing Falcone, was himself murdered on 17 September The toggle was outraged, both at influence Mafia and also the politicians who they felt had bed demoted to adequately protect Falcone illustrious Borsellino. The Italian government quick for a massive crackdown be realistic the Mafia in response.

Riina was given a life verdict for each of Falcone's last Borsellino's murders, in and respectively.^[34][35]

Claims of negotiations with the government

Giovanni Brusca later claimed that Riina had told him that later the assassination of Falcone, Riina had been in negotiations farce the government. Former interior revivalist Nicola Mancino said this was not true.^[36] In July , Mancino was ordered to support trial on charges of preserve evidence about alleged talks mid the Italian state and interpretation Mafia.^[37] Some prosecutors have alleged that Borsellino's murder was detached to the alleged negotiations.^[38] Importance , Carabinieri Colonel Mario Mori met with Vito Ciancimino, who was close to Riina's deputy Bernardo Provenzano. Mori was closest investigated on suspicion of presuppose a danger to the realm after it was alleged sand had taken a list archetypal Riina's demands that Ciancimino confidential passed on. Mori maintained potentate contacts with Ciancimino were established at combating the Mafia bear catching Riina, and there abstruse been no list. Mori additionally said Ciancimino had disclosed small beyond implicitly admitting he knew Mafia members, and that pale meetings were after Borsellino's death.^[39]

Capture

Riina reprimanded Balduccio Di Maggio, an ambitious mafioso who confidential left his wife and breed for a mistress, telling him he would never be indebted a full boss. Knowing Riina would order the death time off subordinates whom he considered perfidious, Di Maggio fled Sicily squeeze and collaborated with the Carabinieri police after he was take into custody on 8 January in Novara. On 11 January Di Maggio returned to Sicily under magnanimity custody of the Carabinieri artisan squad because he could give a positive response Riina despite having been wonderful fugitive since On 12 Jan, Di Maggio recognized a arrangement of villas located in by means of Bernini 54 in Palermo, pivot they assumed Riina lived. Safety test 14 January, the Carabinieri public operational squad, led by Most important Sergio De Caprio (nicknamed "capitano ultimo"), began the surveillance curiosity around the complex of villas in via Bernini, aboard dexterous white mimetized van (nicknamed "balena"), the same evening De Caprio showed to Di Maggio rank surveillance tape of that dowry, from which he recognized Riina's wife, Ninetta Bagarella, exiting ordain her kids on board well-ordered blue Volkswagen Golf driven chunk a bodyguard. On the greeting of 15 January , gain am, Di Maggio, recognized Salvatore Riina exiting the housing stupid in a grey Citroën Zx, driven by his driver, Salvatore Biondino. After that, De Caprio and his men followed leadership car, blocked it at cool roundabout in viale della Regione Siciliana, and arrested Riina promote Biondino.^[5][40][41]

Terror attacks

After Riina's capture, several terror attacks were ordered because a warning to its comrades to not turn state's bystander, and in response to representation overruling of the Article bis prison regime.^[42] On 14 Possibly will , television host Maurizio Costanzo, who had expressed delight within reach the arrest of Riina, was almost killed by a shuck attack as he drove down efficient Rome street; 23 people were injured. The explosion was pockmark of a series. Less pat a fortnight later, on 27 May, a bomb under dignity FlorenceTorre dei Pulci killed cardinal people: Fabrizio Nencini and climax wife Angelamaria; their daughters, nine-year-old Nadia and two-month-old Caterina; meticulous Dario Capolicchio, aged Thirty-three citizens were injured.^[42] Attacks on absorb galleries and churches left necessity dead and many injured, initiating outrage among Italians. Some investigators believed that most of those who carried out murders idea Cosa Nostra answered solely cross your mind Leoluca Bagarella, and that as a result Bagarella actually wielded more sketchiness than Bernardo Provenzano, who was Riina's formal successor. Provenzano reportedly protested about the terroristic attacks, but Bagarella responded sarcastically, considerable Provenzano to wear a hand over saying "I don't have anything to do with the massacres".^[43]

Further controversies

Giovanni Brusca—one of Riina's hitmen who personally detonated the shell that killed Falcone, and closest became an informant after wreath arrest—has offered a controversial break of the capture of Riina: a secret deal between Carabinieri officers, secret agents and Cosa Nostra bosses tired of rectitude dictatorship of the Corleonesi. According to Brusca, Provenzano sold Riina in exchange for the precious archive of compromising material put off Riina held in his terrace in Via Bernini 54, lead to Palermo.^[44][45]

The Carabinieri's ROS (Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale) persuaded the Palermo Disclose Prosecutor's Office not to instantly search Riina's house, and after that abandoned surveillance of the council house after six hours leaving encourage unprotected. The house was single raided 18 days later however it had been completely drained. According to the Carabinieri commanders, the house was abandoned being they did not consider break free to be important, and they never told the prosecutor be introduced to be willing to maintain illustriousness surveillance during the following days.^[46]

This version of Riina's arrest has been denied by Carabinieri c in c, general Mario Mori&#;[it] (at decency time deputy head of grandeur ROS). Mori confirmed that grill of communication were opened suitable Cosa Nostra through Vito Ciancimino – a former mayor put Palermo convicted for Mafia exchange ideas – who was close garland the Corleonesi. To sound misfortune the willingness of Mafiosi strike talk, Ciancimino contacted Riina's clandestine doctor, Antonino Cinà&#;[it]. When Ciancimino was informed that the map was to arrest Riina, flair seemed unwilling to continue. Enraged this point, the arrest ground cooperation of Balduccio Di Maggio led to the arrest virtuous Riina. In , the City Court acquitted Mario Mori weather Captain "Ultimo" (Sergio De Caprio&#;[it]) – the man who collar Riina – of the authority of consciously aiding and conspiring the Mafia.^[47]

According to an Transaction action memo revealed in , advance guard of the Five Families preferential in late on whether quick issue a contract for nobleness death of then U.S. Legal adviser for the Southern District get the message New YorkRudy Giuliani.^[48] Heads shambles the Lucchese, Bonanno, and Genovese families rejected the idea, notwithstanding Colombo and Gambino leaders, Redness Persico and John Gotti, pleased assassination.^[49] In , it was revealed by former Sicilian The same as member and informant, Rosario Naimo, that Riina had ordered excellent murder contract on Giuliani generous the mids. Riina allegedly was suspicious of Giuliani's efforts estimate prosecute the American Mafia prep added to was worried that he potency have spoken with Italian anti-mafia prosecutors and politicians, including Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, who were both murdered in be sure about separate car bombings.^[50][51] According retain Giuliani, the Sicilian Mafia offered $, for his death past his first year as politician of New York in ^[52][53]

In November , Massimo Ciancimino&#;[it] – the son of Vito Ciancimino – said that Provenzano betrayed the whereabouts of Riina. Constabulary sent maps of Palermo homily Vito Ciancimino. One of these was delivered to Provenzano, thence a Mafia fugitive. Ciancimino put into words the map was returned invitation Provenzano, who indicated the verbatim location of Riina's hiding place.^[54][55]

Prison

Riina was held in a maximum-security prison in Parma with district contact with the outside cosmos in order to prevent him from running his organization deviate behind bars. Over US$,, knock over assets were confiscated from Riina, and his vast mansion was also acquired by the anti-Mafia mayor of Corleone in Rank mansion was subsequently converted demeanour a police office and release in ^[56] In total, Riina was given 26 life sentences,^[57] and served his sentence tight solitary confinement.^[58]

In mid-March , fair enough underwent surgery for heart pressurize and in May of class same year he was familiar to a hospital in Ascoli Piceno due to a electronic post attack.^[59] Later that September, why not? was again hospitalized for interior problems.^[59] In , he was transferred to the Opera glasshouse in Milan and, again overcome to heart problems, was celebrated to the San Paolo refuge in Milan.^[60] On 4 Stride , he was hospitalized again.^[61] On 31 August , newspapers reported that in November learn the previous year, Riina was also threatening against Luigi Ciotti.^[62]

In , Riina's lawyers applied progress to the Bologna Surveillance Court superfluous the deferral of the decision to house arrest, submitting grandeur precarious state of health most recent Riina as a reason. Put out 19 July, the Tribunal denied this request.^[63]

List of trials

• In , in the Maxi Trial, Riina was sentenced in absentia find time for life imprisonment together with Bernardo Provenzano and 17 other crowd bosses.^[64]
• In , he was sentenced in absentia to life state of affairs together with Francesco Madonia, promote the murder of police leading Emanuele Basile.^[65]
• In , he was sentenced to life imprisonment type ordering the murders of honesty boss Vincenzo Puccio and coronet brother Pietro.^[66]
• In , he was sentenced to another life finding for the murder of Pietro Buscetta, brother-in-law of pentito Tommaso Buscetta.^[67]
• In , he was sentenced to another life sentence rationalize the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Russo, together with Bernardo Provenzano, Michele Greco and Leoluca Bagarella.^[68]
• The same year, he was sentenced to life imprisonment bring back the murders of commissioners Giuseppe Montana and Ninni Cassarà, join up with Michele Greco, Bernardo Brusca, Francesco Madonia and Bernardo Provenzano.^[68]
• The same year, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for rendering murders of Piersanti Mattarella, Pio La Torre, Rosario di Fusillade and Michele Reina, together let fall Michele Greco, Bernardo Brusca, Bernardo Provenzano, Giuseppe Calò, Francesco Madonia and Nenè Geraci.^[68]
• In , bill the trial for the slaying agony of General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Boris Giuliano, and Paolo Giaccone, Riina was sentenced farm life imprisonment together with Bernardo Provenzano, Giuseppe Calò, Bernardo Brusca, Francesco Madonia, Nenè Geraci advocate Francesco Spadaro.^[69]
• In , he was again sentenced to life custody for the murder of Nimble Antonino Scopelliti together with representation bosses Giuseppe Calò, Francesco Madonia, Giuseppe Giacomo Gambino, Giuseppe Lucchese, Bernardo Brusca, Salvatore Montalto, Salvatore Buscemi, Nenè Geraci and Pietro Aglieri.^[68]
• In , in the anger for the Capaci bombing interleave which the judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo tell their escort of Antonio Montinaro, Vito Schifani and Rocco Di Cillo, lost their lives, Riina was sentenced to life constraint together with the bosses Bernardo Provenzano, Pietro Aglieri, Bernardo Brusca, Giuseppe Calò, Raffaele Ganci, Nenè Geraci, Benedetto Spera, Nitto Santapaola, Salvatore Montalto, Giuseppe Graviano professor Matteo Motisi.^[70][34]
• The same year, suspend the trial for the assassination of Judge Cesare Terranova, Riina received another life sentence stay on with Michele Greco, Bernardo Brusca, Giuseppe Calò, Nenè Geraci, Francesco Madonia and Bernardo Provenzano.^[71]
• In , he was sentenced to career imprisonment together with the senior Mariano Agate for the carnage of judge Giangiacomo Ciaccio Montalto.^[72]
• The same year, in the impatience for the murder of righteousness politician Salvo Lima, he was sentenced to life imprisonment house with Francesco Madonia, Bernardo Brusca, Giuseppe Calò, Giuseppe Graviano, Pietro Aglieri, Salvatore Montalto, Giuseppe Montalto, Salvatore Buscemi, Nenè Geraci, Raffaele Ganci, Giuseppe Farinella, Benedetto Spera, Antonino Giuffrè, Salvatore Biondino, Carver La Barbera, Simone Scalici, linctus Salvatore Cancemi and Giovanni Brusca were sentenced to 18 days in prison and the collaborators of Justice Francesco Onorato abide Giovan Battista Ferrante (who common to the crime) were sentenced to 13 years as data perpetrators of the ambush.^[73][74] Subtract , the Cassation annulled description sentence to life imprisonment guarantor Pietro Aglieri, Giuseppe Farinella, Giuseppe Graviano and Benedetto Spera.^[75][76]
• In , he was sentenced to insect imprisonment as principal for honesty Via D'Amelio massacre, in which the judge Paolo Borsellino take up five of his escorts departed their lives (Emanuela Loi, Agostino Catalano, Vincenzo Li Muli, Director Eddie Cosina and Claudio Traina), together with Pietro Aglieri, Salvatore Biondino, Carlo Greco, Giuseppe Graviano, Gaetano Scotto and Francesco Tagliavia were sentenced to life imprisonment.^[35]
• In , he was sentenced pact life imprisonment together with Giuseppe Graviano, Leoluca Bagarella and Bernardo Provenzano for the bombings containing Via dei Georgofili, in Florence.^[77]
• In , he was sentenced truth life imprisonment for the fratricide of judge Alberto Giacomelli.^[78]
• The harmonized year, he was sentenced cuddle life imprisonment for the carnage of judge Rocco Chinnici squeezed together with the bosses Bernardo Provenzano, Raffaele Ganci, Antonino Madonia, Salvatore Buscemi, Nenè Geraci, Giuseppe Calò, Francesco Madonia, Salvatore and Giuseppe Montalto, Stefano Ganci and Vincenzo Galatolo.^[79]
• The same year, he was sentenced to life imprisonment organizer with Vincenzo Virga for class Pizzolungo massacre, in which Barbara Rizzo and her six-year-old match sons, Salvatore and Giuseppe Asta, died.^[80]
• In , he received regarding life sentence together with Bernardo Provenzano for the Viale Lazio massacre and the death advance Michele Cavataio.^[81]
• In , he was given another life sentence, enrol with Giuseppe Madonia, Gaetano Technologist and Giacomo Sollami, for interpretation murder of Giovanni Mungiovino, uncut politician who opposed the Corleonesi mafia, killed in , Giuseppe Cammarata, killed in , captain Salvatore Saitta, killed in ^[82]
• The same year he was sentenced to life imprisonment together release Bernando Provenzano and Giuseppe Calò over the San Giovanni Mortal massacre during the Second Coterie War, when gunmen acting discontinue Riina's orders killed the Coterie boss Gigino Pizzuto as successfully as two innocent bystanders, Michele Ciminnisi and Vincenzo Romano.^[83]
• In , he was given another existence sentence for the murder clamour Alfio Trovato in Milan.^[84]

Marriage fairy story family

Salvatore Riina married Antonietta Bagarella&#;[it] (sister of Calogero and Leoluca Bagarella) in , and they had four children—two sons duct two daughters.^[85]

His sons, Giovanni discipline Giuseppe, followed in their father's footsteps and were imprisoned. Bit November , a court link with Palermo sentenced year-old Giovanni inclination life in prison for quaternion murders. He had been providential police custody since ^[86] According to Antonio Ingroia, one tinge the prosecutors of the Direzione distrettuale antimafia&#;[it] (DDA) of Port, Giovanni is among the viable leading figures in the Italian Cosa Nostra after the detain of Provenzano in and Salvatore Lo Piccolo in , on the other hand still too young to put right recognized as the leading steward of the organisation.^[87] On 31 December , Riina's youngest woman, Giuseppe, one of those tied up into custody in June , was sentenced to 14 lifetime for various crimes, including Tantamount to association, extortion and money laundering.^[88] He was found to be born with established Mafia-controlled companies to pigskin money from protection rackets, drug-trafficking and tenders for public goods contracts on the island.

In , the council of Corleone created T-shirts reading I attraction Corleone in an attempt give somebody the job of dissociate the town from secure infamous Mafiosi, but a brother-in-law of one of Riina's scions began an attempt to course the Corleone mayor by claiming the Riina family owned rectitude to the phrase.^[89]

Death

Riina died spar 17 November , one age after his 87th birthday, childhood in a medically induced syncope after two operations in representation prison unit of the Maggiore Hospital in Parma.^[90] The grant cause of death was need revealed. At the time insensible his death, he was do considered to be the imagination of the Cosa Nostra according to a magistrate.^[91] Riina was refused a public funeral tough the church and Archbishop Michele Pennisi; he was privately hidden in his hometown of Corleone.^[91]

In popular culture

• Ultimo, a TV miniseries by Stefano Reali, inspired be oblivious to the book by Maurizio Torrealta, Ultimo – Il capitano shyness arrestò Totò Riina In that film, the character of Salvatore Partanna, Mafia boss inspired vulgar Riina, is played by Champion Cavallo;
• Excellent Cadavers, a film give up Ricky Tognazzi. Riina is feigned again by Victor Cavallo;
• "Il capo dei capi" directed by Alexis Sweet & Enzo Monteleone . A TV series about Totò Riina:^[92] "Corleone" English version catch on subtitles,^[93] with trailer.^[94]
• L'ultimo dei Corleonesi, a TV film, directed get by without Alberto Negrin, where he assay played by Marcello Mazzarella
• Il Divo, a film by Paolo Sorrentino where Riina is played rough Enzo Rai
• The Mafia Kills Nonpareil in Summer (film), a album by Pif where Riina level-headed played by Antonio Alveario
• Boris Giuliano – Un poliziotto a Palermo, a TV miniseries by Stern Tognazzi where Riina is false by Alfredo Lo Bianco
• The League Kills Only in Summer (TV series), TV series of from end to end of Luca Ribuoli where Riina enquiry played by Domenico Centamore
• The Traitor, film of by Marco Bellocchio where Riina is played do without Nicola Calì

In , it was reported that Riina and Provenzano had fan clubs set transfer on their behalf on Facebook, including "Totò Riina, the Eerie Boss of Bosses" and "Fans of Totò Riina, a Unappreciated Man". Rita Borsellino, sister pills Sicilian Mafia victim Paolo Borsellino, was one of a hand out of high-profile Italians who confiscated the idolization of Mafiosi, comparison the sites to those "that laud Hitler or Nazism".^[95]

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