Cavataio and three of his men were killed on 10 December 1969 in the Viale Lazio – a modern street in the smart new northern area of Palermo – by a Mafia hit squad including Bernardo Provenzano , Calogero Bagarella ( an elder brother of Leoluca Bagarella the brother-in-law of Totò Riina ) , Emanuele D’Agostino and Gaetano Grado of Stefano Bontade ’s Santa Maria di Gesù Family , and Damiano Caruso , a soldier of Giuseppe Di Cristina , the Mafia boss of Riesi . The attack is known as the Viale Lazio massacre ( Lazio Street Massacre )
Viale Lazio massacre
Viale Lazio massacre
Michele Cavataio