pɪstˈɪli kəmˈɪɾᵻd sˈuːɪsˌaɪd ɪn hɪz hˈoʊm ɪn mɪlˈæn dʒˈʌst bᵻfˌoːɹ hiː wʌz skˈɛdʒuːld tʊ ɐpˈɪɹ ɪnðə fˈaɪnəl pɚfˈoːɹməns ʌv tˈɛɹəns ɹˈæɾɪɡənz tˈɑːskə ˌɔn twˈɛnti wˈʌn ˈeɪpɹəl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɪks.
Pistilli committed suicide in his home in Milan just before he was scheduled to appear in the final performance of Terence Rattigan's Tosca on 21 April 1996.