Nonetheless, he acted as an elder statesman - living off his past reputation as a tough guy who knew other gangsters - as he strolled through the run-down, littered ghetto-slums near the Boardwalk, and took more bets from poverty-stricken, down-and-out poor black folks.In the film""s conclusion set in 1980 during the operatic debut (Cavalleria Rusticana) of opera singer/son Anthony attended by both Michael and Kay and other family members in Palermo, Sicily, another assassination attempt on Michael""s life failed (although he was slightly wounded) after the performance on the opera house""s front steps (but his beloved Mary was tragically killed when hit by the assassin""s bullet directly in the chest, crying out: "Dad?" as she fell to her knees dead, and he agonized over her death).After excusing himself, Marvin rushed outside, and caught a glimpse of Madge driving off in a convertible.She briefly brought up her own institutionalized niece (by marriage) - Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) - who was being treated at a private women""s sanatorium known as St.