It's been reported Vito rizzuto has died of natural causes in hospital at the age of 67 , wonder were this leaves the Montreal mob now

Things were just getting interesting, and now this cheater suddenly proclaims "game over" by dying.

Vito Rizzuto, right, reputed head of the Montreal Mafia, speaks with his attorney Jean Salois after his hearing in Montreal on Feb. 6, 2004. (Ryan Remiorz/CP)

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Vito Rizzuto, the former head of the Montreal Mafia, has died at Sacré-Coeur Hospital following health problems.

Radio-Canada is reporting that the 67-year-old man was hospitalized on Sunday for pulmonary problems. He died Monday morning following health complications.

Born in the Cattolica Eraclea area of Sicily, Italy in 1946, Rizzuto — later known as Montreal's Teflon Don — moved to Canada with his family when he was eight years old.

His father Nicolo Rizzuto, Sr. — the patriarch of the Rizzuto crime family — was assassinated at his Montreal home in November 2010.

Rizzuto had three children. His son Nick, Jr. was assassinated a year earlier than his father, in 2009.

In 2007, Rizzuto was sentenced by an American judge to 10 years in prison following his 2003 indictment for his role in the 1981 murders of three alleged gang leaders.

He returned to Canada in October 2012 and settled in Ste-Dorothée, a district of Laval, Que.

So much for Vito being invincible. Are there actually any capable leaders in his organization now?

Domenico manno , Francesco arcadi of Rocco sollecito . Who knows who will take the reigns , there will be a lot of people scared for there lives now , there will be bodies dropping like flies now

I wonder if he pulled a Carlos gambling and named a boss on his death bed, and this also puts the bananos back in play

It really doesn't. The Bonanno's are really struggling, look what happened when Sal Montagna tried to take over.

Rocco solleceto or possibly Francesco arcadi could take over there relatively young guys , domenico manno is 80 now so don't think he would wanna be involved iin a power struggle

wow this news really shocked the hell out of me. I wonder who is gonna step in. His son better get his ass in gear and step up or someone else is gonna take everything his father n grandfather busted there ass for for so many years..

Vito was just so powerful that you forget that he could actually die of natural causes like a regular human being.

I know , he did seem to have that air of invincibility about him . Anyone any ideas who could take over ???

Possibly manno , solleceto or arcadi ??

Canadian organized-crime author James Dubro wrote this interesting sentence in his Facebook status update from this morning:

But maybe he [Vito Rizzuto] let it be known that he had a terminal ailment both in Mafia circles & cops circles which might have spared him all sorts of problems in his last year.

I think if illness allowed Rizzuto to be given a pass -- and that's a very big if because the theory is fairly weak -- he would have had to promise something in return. He was always known as a conciliator and mediator, and Peter Edwards of the Toronto Star did report on a possible meeting in the Dominican Republic that Vito held back in April with some of his detractors. Did Vito know about his illness back then? Did he disclose the illness at that meeting? at other meetings?

Still, there's something unusual about Rizzuto's suddenly dying in hospital after 13.5 months of renewed violence that began with Jos Di Maulo's death, which itself happened less than a month after Rizzuto got out of the Colorado prison.

Dom, check the post I just left you on the other thread.

Thanks stern , very interesting

So your saying he knew he was gonna die had a meeting with his enemies agreeing to give them control once he had gone ?? But all he wanted was to avenge his father and sons death ???? Sounds plausible

R u on face book stern ? I will add u to my group

There's many possibilities as to the meeting etc, but one thing that is for sure is that his organization will still maintain a stronghold on the city, atleast for the time being. How things will play out within the next few years is up for debate, with so many guys getting older & softening up and a "new" generation starting to take over.

Agree with Anitmafia that this seems strange. It would be interesting to know who had been with prior to being hospitalized. Poisoned possibly?

A lot of people r saying he had lung cancer and he knew it was terminal , u never know though , anything is possible . I'm sure we will hear more over the nest few days

I agree with ColumbianJoe. Rizzuto's clan seems to be back on top for now. Not sure for how long though. I could see things remain quiet for a couple of months at most before somebody makes a move.

Desjardins locked up, DiMaulo killed, Gallo killed, Gosselin killed. It might take a while for this group to recover.

Sollicito could run things for Rizzuto for now. Arcadi will strengthen the group when he is released from prioson. Anybody know when Arcadi gets out of prison?

Wow. Just wow.

Never seen this one coming! Desjardins just lost his trump card in case he loses his case.

Also I don't buy the "he knew he was dying" bit. Dude was playing golf a few months ago. Terminal cancer patients generally are not able to play golf.

Wow...This past year in Montreal has played out like a mini sopranos series and now the main character dies of natural causes?!?!? I mean what are the Freiking odds!?!?!?

Vendetta, Murder, Murder, Murder, then pass away from natural causes?!?!?!

hi guys...been a fan of the forum for a while (without being an active member, just became one) great stuff as usual on the ongoing montreal saga. the only thing i can add to this particular topic is; i think alot of ontario mobsters are probably going to sleep a little better now.

One article said Rizzuto had heart problems.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/...n_hospital.html

And another one said it was a "lung ailment".

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/12/23/mob-boss-vito-rizzuto-dies-in-hospital

now things will get even more complicated

who's gonna lead/kill/side who?

For whatever it's worth...a poster on the RD forum who has pretty good sources thinks it's going to be Paolo Cun tera.

Interesting , thanks giancarlo

Hope he named someone boss before the end,who is respected on the street by everyone who can keep the peace.

Maybe peter scarcella is another guy to watch now he has been released , I know the calabrians were targeting him , so they considered him a threat

wow crazy. his story was intriguing and he was putting out hits until literally the day he died.