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Totò Riina

Acting

Totò Riina

IT, EN cinema · 3 credits

Born

16 November 1930

Died

17 November 2017 (aged 87)

Birthplace

Corleone - Sicily - Italy

Also known as Salvatore Riina · 'U Curtu · La Belva

Salvatore “Totò” Riina, called “Totò 'u Curtu” (Sicilian for “Totò the Short,” Totò being the diminutive of Salvatore), was an Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, known for a ruthless murder campaign that reached a peak in the early 1990s with the assassinations of Antimafia Commission prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, resulting in widespread public outcry and a major crackdown by the authorities.

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Filmography