Stefano Bontade (April 23, 1939 - April 23, 1981) was a powerful member of the Sicilan Mafia. Some sources spell his surname Bontate. He was alleged to have links with several powerful politicians, including Giulio Andreotti. April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ... // Mafia The Mafia, also referred to as La Cosa Nostra (Italian, variously translated as This Thing Of Ours or Our Thing), is the collective name of various secret organizations in Italy, Sicily, Corsica and the United States. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics, sometimes this may include political scientists. ... Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti (born 14 January 1919) is an Italian political figure, among the most powerful in post-war Italy. ...

His home town was the Sicilian capital, Palermo, and he came from a family of Mafiosi. His father and grandfather were both powerful mobsters. In 1964, at the age of 25, he became the boss of the Santa Maria di Gesù Mafia Family when his father, Francesco Bontade, passed away from ill-health. Location within Italy Palermo (Palermo in Italian) (Palermu or Palemmu in Sicilian) (population 680,000) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During the 1970s, Stefano Bontade was on the commission with Gaetano Badalamenti and the Corleonisi boss Luciano Leggio. The commission was meant to settle disputes and keep the peace, but Leggio and his successor, Salvatore Riina, were plotting to decimate the Palermo clans, including Bontade and Bontade's ally, Salvatore Inzerillo. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Gaetano Badalamenti (1923 - April 29, 2004) was an Italian-born Mafioso who was connected with the Pizza Connection drug smuggling scheme. ... Luciano Leggio (1925 - January 16, 1993) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. ... Salvatore Riina behind bars Salvatore Riina - also known as Totò Riina - (born 1930) is one of the most infamous members of the Sicilian Mafia. ...

On April 23, 1981, whilst driving home from his 42nd birthday, Bontade was machine gunned to death in his car in Palermo. It is believed the slaying was carried out by Riina's favorite hitman, Pino Greco. It was the first of up to a thousand mob slayings carried out by Riina and the Corleonisi in their savage Mafia war. Many of Bontade's friends, fellow mobsters and relatives were cut down in the coming months to prevent them from avenging the death of their boss. One of Bontade's close friends was Tommaso Buscetta, who subsequently became an informant. April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tommaso Buscetta (in sunglasses) is lead into court, circa 1986 Tommaso Buscetta (July 13, 1928 - April 4, 2000) was an Sicilian mafioso, and later repented. ...

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Excellent Cadavers (1995) Alexander Stille, Vintage ISBN 0099594919 Alexander Stille is an American author and journalist. ...