Giovanni Falcone was born on May 18, 1939 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was married to Francesca Laura Morvillo. He died on May 23, 1992 in Capaci, Sicily, Italy.
Italian magistrate, specialized in prosecuting the Sicilian Mafia (Cosa Nostra).
Was killed by the mafia together with his wife Francesca, herself a magistrate, and three bodyguards, by a 350-kg dynamite explosion placed beneath the motorway between Palermo Airport and Palermo (May 23, 1992).