Troisi literally gave his life to make Il Postino. He was aware of his heart condition and was told that he needed treatment, but he believed that the making of this film was more important. He died 12 hours after the camera stopped rolling...

As a child, had several bouts of rheumatic fever, leaving him with a damaged heart, which no doubt contributed to his premature death.

After his death, a square was named after him in his birthplace San Giorgio a Cremano, in southern Italy.

Surname pronounced Troy-EE-zee.

Informally known as "The Steve Martin of Italy."

Born at 2:00am-CET