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Giovanni Falcone  

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  • Born in Palermo, Italy, in 1939, Giovanni Falcone was the son of Arturo Falcone, director of a provincial chemical laboratory, and Luisa Bentivegna. He spent part of his youth in the Magione District, which suffered extensive destruction during the Allied aerial attacks of 1943. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; Falcone, Giovanni]

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