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Nicola Rizzuto (February 18 1924 – November 10 2010) also known as Nick Rizzuto was the crime boss of the Sicilian faction of the Italian Mafia in Montreal who later pushed out the Calabrian Cotroni family. Rizzuto was born in Cattolica Eraclea Sicily in 1924 and immigrated to Canada in 1954 when the family settled in Montreal. Nick’s son Vito Rizzuto before his death on December 23 2013 was allegedly the godfather of the Sicilian Mafia in Canada.