Paolo Borsellino (Sicilian: Pàulu Borsellino; 19 January 1940 – 19 July 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia. After a long and distinguished career, culminating in the Maxi Trial in 1986–1987, on 19 July 1992, Borsellino was killed by a car bomb in Via D'Amelio, near his mother's house in Palermo.
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Paolo Emanuele Borsellino 19 January 1940 Palermo, Italy
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Died |
19 July 1992 (aged 52) Palermo, Italy
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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