he had strangled two of Buscetta's sons to death. After the trial, Buscetta embraced Cancemi and said: "You could not refuse the order. I forgive you because I know what it means to be in Cosa Nostra." Death Buscetta died of cancer on 2 April 2000, aged 71, having lived out most of his life in hiding with his third wife and family in Florida, United States under false names. He was buried under a false name in North Miami, Florida. In popular culture He was played by F. Murray Abraham in the 1999 film Excellent Cadavers He was played by Vincent Riotta in the 2007 mini-series Il Capo dei Capi. He was portrayed by Sergio Vespertino in the 2016 Italian TV series The Mafia Kills Only in Summer. He was portrayed by Pierfrancesco Favino in the 2019 film The Traitor, directed by Marco Bellocchio and selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Also released in 2019, Our Godfather is a documentary by Mark Franchetti and Andrew Meier which includes onscreen testimony by Buscetta's third wife and surviving children "who still live in anonymity because of fear of reprisal" according to one review. References Further reading Dickie, John (2004). Cosa Nostra. A history of the Sicilian Mafia, London: Coronet, Jamieson, Alison (2000). The Antimafia. Italy’s Fight Against Organized Crime, London: MacMillan Press Stille, Alexander (1995). Excellent Cadavers. The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic, New York: Vintage External links 1928 births 2000 deaths Deaths from cancer in Florida Italian drug traffickers Italian people convicted of drug offenses Italian emigrants to the United States Pentiti Gangsters from Palermo People who entered the United States Federal Witness Protection Program Sicilian mafiosi Italian exiles People extradited to Italy People extradited from Brazil