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The last day of Roberto Calvi's life started with a shave.

For the majority of his 63 years, he'd sported an ever-present, dark mustache.

Pretty much every picture you'll ever find of Calvi, there's a mustache.

But on the morning of June 17, 1982,

Silvano Vitor found Calvi in their shared hotel bathroom with the door open.

He says I'm shaving my mustache.

This way, I'm less recognizable. He says I'm shaving my mustache. This way, I'm less recognizable.

Vitor is the former smuggler we heard from in the last episode,

who told me about helping Calvi flee Italy and watching over him in his final days.

And I remember him saying, in my entire life,

this is the first time I ever shaved my mustache.

And so what do you think? What do you feel in that moment?

That he just was so scared of being seen,

and he would do anything to hide his appearance.

Calvi spent the rest of his morning in the cramped Chelsea Hotel, which was more like a hostel.

His room was just 10 feet by 16 feet with one small window.

Early in the day, Calvi handed Vitor cash to run some errands. And when Vitor returned, he used a special knock he had to identify himself.

And Calvi led him in for lunch.

At the very same time, back in Milan, the Ambrosiano's board members gathered at the bank.

With Calvi on the run, they voted him out. He was no longer

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