Hi.I'm italian and i live in Italy. I can only say that the news has shocked everyone here and all the newspapers and TV news talk about ...making of gifts for him.
I do not know what he told the New York Post but I can say i read on the web the results of the autopsy and the death was occured to natural causes! More respect!

http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/1266...e-naturali.html

Here is the link of the spokesman..who do not understand Italian uses google translate...