François Marcantoni (28 May 1920 in

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– 17 August 2010 in

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) was a Corsican

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and member of

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. He died on 17 August 2010, aged 90 in

Criminal career

In 1942, during

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, Marcantoni participated in a sabotage operation in

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. He refused to collaborate with the regime of

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. In the 1950s, he was involved in a series of bank robberies.Décès de l'ancien truand François Marcantoni
/ref> Marcantoni was under investigation in 1968 for the killing of Stevan Marković, a bodyguard for the film star

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. One of the factors pointing in his direction was a letter Markovic sent to his brother Aleksandar wherein he wrote: "If I get killed, it's 100% the fault of Alain Delon and his godfather François Marcantoni". Marcantoni spent 11 months in custody but was released in December 1969 because the prosecutor could not prove his guilt.François Marcantoni: L'ami de Bébel et Delon, le truand flamboyant, est mort
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Writer

Marcantoni wrote two books: *''Markovic affair'' - 1976 *''Who killed Markovic?'' - 1985

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1920 births 2010 deaths Corsican Resistance members French gangsters French bank robbers 20th-century French non-fiction writers French crime bosses Place of death missing 20th-century French male writers {{France-bio-stub