Burying Vito Rizzuto, Canada's mafia boss
- 1/12
Pallbearers carry the coffin of reputed mafia boss Vito Rizzuto from a church in Montreal, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, following his funeral. Rizzuto died last week from natural causes.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
- 2/12
Flowers are brought to the funeral home prior to the visitation for Vito Rizzuto in Montreal
Reuters - 3/12
This handout photo released in Rome by Italian police in 2005, shows the Vito Rizzuto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/files
Yahoo News is better in the app
- 4/12
A man finishes his cigarette before a visitation for Vito Rizzuto in Montreal
Reuters - 5/12
Police watch as people come and go for the visitation of Vito Rizzuto in Montreal
Reuters - 6/12
People gather at the funeral home during visitation for Vito Rizzuto in Montreal
Reuters Yahoo News is better in the app
- 7/12
People leave the funeral home following a visitation for Vito Rizzuto in Montreal
Reuters - 8/12
People gather at the funeral home during visitation for Vito Rizzuto in Montreal
Reuters - 9/12
People gather at the funeral home during the visitation for Vito Rizzuto in Montreal
Reuters Yahoo News is better in the app
- 10/12
A man arrives at the funeral home prior to the visitation for Vito Rizzuto in Montreal
Reuters - 11/12
The 67-year-old Vito Rizzuto died in hospital shortly after being released from a U.S. prison.
CBC - 12/12
Vito Rizzuto (right) speaks with his attorney Jean Salois in Montreal on Feb. 6, 2004. Radio-Canada is reporting that Vito Rizzuto, the reputed head of the Montreal Mafia, has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
As mourners gather in Montreal this afternoon to pay their last respects to a man who made a significant mark on the history of organized crime in Canada, many will be anxiously watching for hints of what will come next.
Vito Rizzuto, the reputed former head of the Montreal Mafia, died on Dec. 23 at Montreal's Sacré-Coeur Hospital, a day after he was hospitalized for pulmonary problems. He was 67. (CBC)