But books are so......bookish.
I made a post earlier with the video of the scene even.
Okay, short version for the movie impaired.
Frankie Five Angels Pentangeli was an upper level New York mobster working for the Corleone family (GodfatherII).
He grew dissatisfied with Michael Corleone after Vito croaked. Then Michael tried to whack him and failed. So he turned rat and got all the way to a Senate hearing with his ratty ways.
But Michael countermoved by bringing his brother from Sicily to the hearing. Frankie saw his brother and recanted his snitch document and Michael was off the hook. Case closed.
Tom Hagen, Michael's one time consigliere (counselor) went to visit Franky in the witness protection program on a military base. They spoke of old Rome, and how when someone fell out of favor, he was offered to have his family taken care of (in a good way) if he took himself out. They would get in a bath and open their veins.
So Franky did this right under they noses of his security detail. BOOM.
Anyway. My theory is this is what happened to old Poopy. He was dangling by a thread anyway, so he decided, or it was decided for him, to go out on a particularly strategic day. In fact the best of all possible days for the derps for just this particular purpose. To head off D5.
There is a chance as well, that he had croaked prior and they "Weekend At Bernie'd" his ass. They are liking that strategy I think (McCain).
Q has hinted as much, and I thought that from the moment he croaked. Q confirms my suspicions.
I like the Frankie Five Angels theory best. I think Poopy would consider that loyal and he didn't have anything much to live for anyway, he was jacked up.
So there. I put an end to my cryptic Frankie Five Angels quips.
Bagster