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Title: Mafia boss 'Toto' Riina dies aged 87
Post by: TomSea on November 17, 2017, 04:00:14 pm
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Mafia boss 'Toto' Riina dies aged 87
BBC News

Riina, 87, former boss of the feared Cosa Nostra, was jailed in 1993.

He was serving 26 life sentences and is believed to have ordered more than 150 murders.

Riina had been in a medically-induced coma and his family had been given special permission to visit him in a hospital in Parma.

Continued at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mafia-boss-toto-riina-dies-aged-87/ar-BBF4m2x?OCID=ansmsnnews11
Title: Re: Mafia boss 'Toto' Riina dies aged 87
Post by: Frank Cannon on November 17, 2017, 04:07:49 pm
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Title: Re: Mafia boss 'Toto' Riina dies aged 87
Post by: andy58-in-nh on November 17, 2017, 04:40:14 pm
I'm betting he's not in Kansas any more...
Title: Re: Mafia boss 'Toto' Riina dies aged 87
Post by: edpc on November 17, 2017, 06:43:57 pm
Can we get the Dennis Hopper speech from True Romance played at the funeral?
Title: Re: Mafia boss 'Toto' Riina dies aged 87
Post by: TomSea on November 17, 2017, 08:30:36 pm
The article goes on to state, the Mafia carried out bombings of Italian cities under this guy, at least, against Rome. Really nothing but a terrorist and at times, I think ISIS has worked with organized crime in Italy per what we have heard, drugs, etc. In fact, in one of the Italian cities, there was a Mafioso who converted to Islam. That story was posted here.
Title: Re: Mafia boss 'Toto' Riina dies aged 87
Post by: edpc on November 17, 2017, 09:43:31 pm
Riina had been in a medically-induced coma and his family had been given special permission to visit him in a hospital in Parma.

They told him to ‘hold the line - death isn’t always on time.’