Dr. Michele Navarra (1905 - August 2, 1958) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was a qualified physician and headed the Mafia Family from the town of Corleone. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... The Mafia (also referred to as Cosa Nostra or the Mob), is a criminal secret society which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ... The Doctor by Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ... Corleone is a small town of approximately 12,000 inhabitants in the province of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. ...

Biography

Michele Navarra came from a middle class background; his father was a teacher and landowner. However, Navarra drifted in the Mafia when he married a woman who had many relatives within that criminal organization. He became the boss of Corleone in the early 1940s. The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 1943, the US Military granted Navarra the right to collect the military vehicles abandoned by the Italian army following the allied invasion of Sicily in World War II. Navarra used these to start a trucking company, which was vital to some of his operations involving the theft of livestock. Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ...

Navarra became the top doctor at the hospital in Corleone after his predecessor, Dr. Nicolosi, was conveniently murdered. One of the most notorious crimes Dr. Navarra was involved in was that of a youth who witnessed a mafia murder. The boy went to a police station to make a statement but was understandably shocked at what he had witnessed. The police asked Navarra to give the boy a sedative to calm him down, but instead Navarra injected the youth with poison, killing him and thus eliminating a witness. For the record label, see Hospital Records. ... A sedative is a substance which depresses the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, slowed breathing, slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes. ... The skull and crossbones symbol (Jolly Roger) traditionally used to label a poisonous substance. ...

Navarra and his close ally Luciano Leggio went into hiding after that crime. The pair eventually fell out. Leggio was a young and ambitious mobster who had plans to take over the Corleone Family himself. Navarra tried to have Leggio killed but the hitmen hired for the task did a poor job and Leggio escaped with just a minor injury, as well as the knowledge that he was as good as dead if he didn't strike back. Luciano Leggio at his murder trial in 1974 Luciano Leggio (some sources spell his surname Liggio) (1925–January 16, 1993) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. ... Hitmen is a free online-text based game. ...

A few weeks later, on August 2, 1958, Dr. Navarra and a fellow doctor (who was unconnected with the Mafia) were both shot to death in Navarra's car as they drove home. Leggio thus became the boss of the Corleonesi. It is thought that one of Navarra's killers was Bernardo Provenzano. August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corleone ... Bernardo Provenzano in 1959, aged 26. ...

References

• Excellent Cadavers. The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic (1995), Alexander Stille, Vintage ISBN 0-09-959491-9
• The Antimafia: Italy’s fight against organized crime (1999), Alison Jamieson, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0-333-80158-X.

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External links

• Biographies of Mafia bosses (in Italian)
• American Mafia article on the Corleonesi
• Biography with photos