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Biography: Phil Rizzuto was the NY Yankees star shortstop for 13 seasons between 1941 and 1956. A Hall of Famer, Rizzuto was the American League Most Valuable Player in 1950. After his playing career, Rizzuto was a popular long-time TV/radio announcer for the Yankees. He called the action for 40 seasons from 1957 to 1996 [...]

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November 14, 2010

Police Investigate The Killing Of Nicolo Rizzuto

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Montreal Police investigate the assassination of Nicolo Rizzuto, the reputed head of the of the Montreal Mafia, November 11, 2010. Rizzuto was fatally shot [...]
November 12, 2010

Women Confront Media At Rizzuto Shooting

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Women come out of the home of Paolo Renda, next door to Nicolo Rizzuto's house, to confront cameramen trying to photograph mourners and the back of the [...]
November 14, 2010

Visitation Begins For Assassinated Godfather Nicolo Rizzuto

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A police officer guards the entrance of the house of reputed mafia boss Nicolo Rizzuto Sr., who was reportedly gunned down in his home in Montreal, [...]
November 14, 2010

Police Watch Rizzuto Mourners Gather

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Rizzuto, often called the "last godfather," was gunned down in his home on Wednesday in front of his wife and daughter. The 86-year-old arrived in Canada as [...]
November 13, 2010

Surviving Rizzuto Will Watch His Back Upon Release

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Vito Rizzuto (right), speaks with his attorney Jean Salois after his hearing in Montreal Friday, Feb. 6, 2004. (CP PICTURE ARCHIVE/Ryan Remiorz) Nick [...]
November 12, 2010

Specter Of Trade War Looms As G

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Nicolo Rizzuto was shot at least once at around 5:40 pm EST on Wednesday, according to police, and was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced [...]
November 15, 2010

Police Film, Photograph Mourners At Rizzuto's Funeral Visitation

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Police film visitors at the visitation for Nicolo Rizzuto at a funaerl home in Montreal, Sunday, November 14, 2010. The Mafia don was gunned down in his [...]
November 15, 2010

Quebec Premier Says Rival Crossed Line With 'godfather' Remark

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The verbal sparring comes as the funeral of 86-year-old Montreal mob boss Nicolo Rizzuto, who was gunned down at his home last week, is set for Monday. [...]
November 13, 2010

Rizzuto Influence Was Weak Before Assassination

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Nicolo Rizzuto and his wife attend the funeral for their grandson, Nick Jr., who was killed in December 2009. Police block access to the wooded area behind [...]
November 13, 2010

Rizzuto Will Be Laid To Rest In Same Church As His Enemies

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Nicolo Rizzuto's funeral will be held Monday in the same iconic church as the brothers he brushed aside, 30 years ago, in his rise to the top of Canada's [...]
November 12, 2010

Widow Of Slain Mob Boss Nicolo Rizzuto Not Typical Mafia Wife: Author

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As the police investigation into Nicolo Rizzuto's killing continues, attention is turning to who and what remains in the apparent systematic destruction of [...]
November 12, 2010

Reputed Mafia Patriarch Nicolo Rizzuto Killed

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AP A police officer guards the entrance of the house of reputed mafia boss Nicolo Rizzuto Sr., who was reportedly gunned down in his home in Montreal, [...]
November 12, 2010

Mafia Big Player In Que. Economy, Book Says

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Mafia Inc. describes the RCMP's role in an Italian money laundering case that allegedly involves the notorious Rizzuto Mafia family based in Montreal. [...]
November 12, 2010

Murder Marks End Of Quebec's Most Powerful Mafia Family

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The slaying of Nicolo Rizzuto, considered the Godfather of the most powerful criminal group Canada has ever known, marks the end of an era and possibly the [...]
November 16, 2010

Best From The Past 24 Hours

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Libertina Rizzuto follows the casket of her husband, Nicolo, from the church after funeral services for reputed organized crime boss Nick Rizzuto in [...]
November 15, 2010

Tight Security In Place At Rizzuto Funeral

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Pallbearers carry the casket of Nicolo Rizzuto into Montreal church Notre-Dame-de-la-Defense, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. Security personnel point out a man (not [...]
November 15, 2010

Top Mobsters Will Likely Shy Away From Funeral Of Mafia Don: Expert

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Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, are expected on Monday for the funeral service at a church in Montreal's Little Italy of murdered Mafia don Nicolo Rizzuto [...]
November 12, 2010

Rise Of Rizzuto Family May Be Echoed In Their Fall

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When a single bullet from a sniper's rifle punched through two layers of glass in the rear patio doors of his Montreal mansion, striking Nicolò Rizzuto in [...]
November 13, 2010

Quebec. Wake Planned For Slain Mob Boss Rizzuto

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Visitation for slain Montreal Mob boss Nicolo Rizzuto is set to begin tonight at a funeral home his family has controlled for years. Rizzuto was shot in his [...]
November 14, 2010

Family, Friends Pay Respects To Canadian Mafia King

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Amid a tight police presence, business associates and family members of Nicolo Rizzuto Sr began a second day of mourning at the Loreto funeral home in St [...]
November 15, 2010

Rizzuto Funeral Expected To Draw Hundreds

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Hundreds of people are expected to pay their respects at the funeral of Montreal Mafia patriarch Nicolo Rizzuto Sr., who was shot in his home last week. [...]
November 13, 2010

Rizzuto Will Be Laid To Rest In Same Church As His Enemies

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Nicolo Rizzuto's funeral will be held Monday in the same iconic church as the brothers he brushed aside, 30 years ago, in his rise to the top of Canada's [...]
November 12, 2010

A Symmetry Of Violence In The Montreal Mob

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At suppertime on Wednesday, Nicolo Rizzuto, the aging Sicilian godfather of the Montreal mob believed to have orchestrated the deaths of the Violi brothers, [...]
November 16, 2010

Security Tight At Rizzuto Sendoff

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Long before Nicolo Rizzuto's funeral began yesterday, a nondescript minivan was parked in front of the church where the service was held and did not budge [...]
November 15, 2010

Mobsters Will Likely Shy Away From Funeral Of Mafia Don

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Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, are expected on Monday for the funeral service at a church in Montreal's Little Italy of murdered Mafia don Nicolo Rizzuto [...]

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