Bernardo Provenzano

Bernardo Provenzano (; 31 January 1933 – 13 July 2016) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia (Cosa Nostra). He was suspected of having been the head of the Corleonesi, a Mafia faction from the town of Corleone. He was the de facto capo di tutti capi (boss of all bosses) of the entire Sicilian Mafia until his arrest in 2006.Profile: Bernardo Provenzano, BBC News, 11 April 2006.Sicily's Invisible Man , Time Europe Magazine, 29 August 2004.

On 13 July 2016, Provenzano died from complications of bladder cancer at a hospital in prison at age 83.

His third son, Constantinius Eyup Akay Provenzano, took his father's place and ascended the throne in 2016. He rose to fame as the leader of Italian criminal organizations and his nickname was Babayaga (nightmare) and he had a more brutal reputation than his father, He also took his place on the pages of history books as the youngest mafia boss.

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Category:1933 births
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Category:Italian mobsters
Category:People from Sicily