In a deleted scene from the film's script, Michael himself kills Fabrizio with a shotgun. The assassin then tells him 'Michael Corleone sends his regards', before shooting him again in the head. He is shot in the chest by an assassin who walks into the pizza parlor. Fabrizio is found running a pizza parlor in Buffalo, New York, under the alias of Fred Vincent. In the novel, Michael avenges Apollonia's death. Michael also tells his daughter Mary Corleone that she bears a resemblance to his first wife Apollonia. However, in The Godfather Part III, Kay mentions Michael's first marriage when she and Michael visit Sicily together. After returning to the United States, Michael reconnects with his previous girlfriend, Kay Adams, but does not tell her that he had been married while he was living in Sicily. Michael regains consciousness a few days later, whereupon Don Tommasino informs Michael of his wife's death. The local Mafia chieftain, Don Tommasino, an old friend of Michael's father Vito, moves Michael to a hospital. The explosion is powerful enough to throw Michael off his feet and knock him unconscious. In the book, she is pregnant at the time of her death, but this detail is not specified in the film. In an unfortunate twist of fate, she unknowingly puts herself in danger when she tries to impress Michael by showing him that she taught herself how to drive, which was uncommon for Sicilian women. The attack was set up by Fabrizio, who had betrayed Michael to Corleone family enemies back in Michael's native New York City. Soon afterward, however, Apollonia is killed by a car bomb intended for Michael. After a brief courtship, they are married. Michael asks and receives Signore Vitelli's permission to court Apollonia under the chaperonage of her family. When Michael's bodyguards realize that the girl is Signore Vitelli's daughter, they both ask Michael to leave, but Michael, speaking through his bodyguard and interpreter Fabrizio, soon gains Signore Vitelli's respect by introducing himself and apologizing. After describing her in detail, Vitelli angrily says he does not know her and leaves. After seeing her for the first time, Michael and his bodyguards inquire about her to Signore Vitelli, a local tavern keeper to try and find out who she is. She also appears in flashbacks in The Godfather Part III.Īpollonia is a young Sicilian woman of Greek descent who meets Michael Corleone during his exile in Sicily. She is portrayed by Simonetta Stefanelli in the film adaptation of the same name. She is also the mother of Anthony and Mary Corleone.Īpollonia Corleone ( née Vitelli) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather. Before their divorce, she is the second wife of Michael Corleone.

Katherine 'Kay' Corleone ( née Adams) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and Francis Ford Coppola's film trilogy.

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