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Libero Grassi murdered by Mafia

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Grassi was murdered on via Vittorio Alfieri here but the precise location needs to be found. 

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Libero Grassi

Libero Grassi (July 19, 1924 – August 29, 1991) was an Italian clothing manufacturer from Palermo, Sicily, who was killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. The businessman wrote an open letter to the local newspaper informing the extortionists that he was no longer willing to pay "pizzo", a Sicilian term for protection money. Despite his brave stance against the Mafia, other business owners and shop keepers in Palermo refused to join his campaign. Grassi was gunned down in the street near his home eight months after writing the letter.

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