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Riina, Salvatore

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Personal name headingRiina, Salvatore
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Variant(s)Riina, Totò
Associated placeSicily (Italy)
Birth date1930-11-16
Death date2017-11-17
Place of birthCorleone (Italy)
Place of deathParma (Italy)
Field of activityMafia
Profession or occupationMafiosi
Found inIl capo dei capi, 1993: t.p. (Totò Riina) publ. blurb (Salvatore Riina)
Encyc. of world crime, 1990: v. 4, p. 3416 (Riina, Salvatore; prom. 1970s; leader of the Corleonese faction of the Sicilian mafia; one of three members of the ruling triumvirate)
New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 17, 2017 (Salvatore Riina; known as Totò; b. in Corleone, Sicily; d. early Friday [Nov. 17, 2017], Parma, aged 87; the Mafia's murderous "boss of bosses," who earned multiple life sentences and the nickname the Beast for his cruelty and for unleashing a war against law enforcement that claimed the lives of Italian prosecutors and police officers)
Italian Wikipedia, viewed Nov. 17, 2017 (Salvatore Riina, called Totò; b. Nov. 16, 1930, Corleone; d. Nov. 17, 2017, Parma)