died in the homeland of the mafia
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — James Gandolfini
McQueen1980 — 12 years ago(June 20, 2013 08:02 AM)
i loved james gandolfini in the sopranos and it is an unmitigating irony that fate decided he would die in italy , his parents homeland and also in the home of the land that inspired two great mafia shows, the godfather movies and the sopranos. like "superman" chris reeve whose fate had a twisted sense of humour spending the last 9 yrs of his misfortunate life basically a paraplegic, mr gandolfini's fate was sealed IMHO the minute he was chosen for the role of Mr Tony Soprano, a name that will probably be on his gravestone. rest in peace mr soprano/gandolfini
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PussyCrusher_Principal — 12 years ago(June 20, 2013 11:57 AM)
Linop90 is right, the Mafia really started in southern Italy. That only seems "close enough" to people who don't really know too much about it. Naples, Calabria, Sicilythose were mafia strongholds.
Livia would've said "Ugh, he died in the Nawwwthhh"
"I shall wear this (bruise) as a badge of honor"
"Wear it in silence, or I'll honor you again" -
nimalo — 12 years ago(September 03, 2013 02:30 PM)
I have read many theories and I guess the most plausible is that the word is derived from an Arabic term (Arabs colonized Sicily in the middle ages).
I am copying from a guy on Yahoo Answers because I'm lazy
"The word 'mafia' derives form of old Sicilian adjective "mafiusu" which has its roots in the Arabic mahjas, meaning "aggressive boasting, bragging". Roughly translated it means "swagger""
But it is debated, nobody is sure about it.
Maybe that's because, as some of our politicians say, "mafia doesn't exist"?