MONTREAL, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Vito Rizzuto, the former head of the Montreal Mafia, died Monday at a hospital after having suffered health complications, authorities said.
Rizzuto, 67, was admitted to Sacre-Coeur Hospital on Sunday for pulmonary problems, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
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Known as Montreal's Teflon Don later in life, Rizzuto moved to Canada with his family from Sicily when he was 8 years old.
In 2007, Rizzuto was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a 2003 indictment for his role in the murders of three alleged gang leaders in 1981.
