The former mayor will be carried through the streets of the city he loved by horse-drawn carriage on Monday, accompanied by the police department's mounted command. Since his death, Cianci has been remembered as one of America's most colorful and skilled retail politicians, who became known nationally for one-liners, endless TV appearances and his own brand of pasta sauce. Cianci was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and spent 4 ½ years in prison.