Former “ boss of bosses ” Toto Riina , one of the most feared Godfathers in the history of the Sicilian Mafia, died early Friday after battling cancer , Italian media reported. Riina , who had been serving 26 life sentences and is thought to have ordered more than 150 murders, had been in a medically - induced coma after his health deteriorated following two operations . The mobster , who turned 87 on Thursday, died in the prisoners ’ wing of a hospital in Parma in northern Italy just before 4 am (0300 GMT) , according to the country ’ s main dailies and ANSA news agency . The hospital would not immediately confirm his death . His wife and three of his four children had been given permission by Italy ’ s health ministry Thursday for a rare visit to say goodbye. Riina ’ s eldest son Giovanni is serving a life sentence for four murders . “ You ’ re not Toto Riina to me, you ’ re just my dad . And I wish you happy birthday dad on this sad but important day , I love you , ” his other son Salvatore wrote on Facebook on Thursday . An ageing Riina asked in July to be released from prison on the grounds of serious illness — a request that was denied after a court ruled the care he received behind bars was as good as he would get on the outside . Doctors said at the time that the former boss was “ lucid” . He was caught on a wiretap earlier this year saying he “ regrets nothing … They’ ll never break me, even if they give me 3, 000 years ” in jail . Riina ’ s most high- profile ordered hits were the assassinations in 1992 of anti - mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino , who had worked fearlessly to bring more than 300 mobsters to trial in 1987 . He was also behind a series of bombings in Rome , Milan and Florence that killed 10 people. “ God have mercy on him , as we won’ t , ” said an association for victims of the Florence blast, according to the Fatto Quotidiano daily.


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just incase ..

Toto......That sounds familiar. I hope its not what I'm thinking though.

Rest if you will find peace!

Who ordered his hit?