death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation death_cause
january 26 , 1979 february 6 , 1925 palermo , italy siracusa , italy italian february 6 , 1925 investigative journalism mario francese.jpg mario francese
 mario francese journalist killed by the sicilian mafia
mario francese

mario francese -lrb- february 6 , 1925 -- january 26 , 1979 -rrb- was an italian crime reporter of the `` giornale di sicilia '' .
the first journalist to expose the role of toto riina and the corleonesi within the sicilian mafia , he was killed on january 26 , 1979 .
after 22 years , in 2001 , those who had decided to eliminate him were convicted .
