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Luigi Ciriotti, General Practitioner
27Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
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Luigi Ciriotti, General Practitioner

Luigi Ciriotti – a General Practitioner (retired) in Italy – passed away on 26 March 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Luigi was 86 years old. First citizen from 1966 to 1973 and from 1993 to 2001, in the period of the 1994 flood he helped to save the books of Cesare Pavese and to transfer the Study Center and the library from the seat on the banks of the Belbo to the deconsecrated church of Saints James and Christopher, in the ancient heart of the country. Its name is linked to the post-flood reconstruction. In fact, among other works, he undertook to rebuild the schools, the bridge over the Belbo, and the multifunctional center where the associations are based.  Luigi Ciriotti was simply an extraordinary man. Source: La Stampa Please help us in addin...
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Danilo Barozzi, cyclist
26Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
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Danilo Barozzi, cyclist

Danilo Barozzi –an Italian cyclist – died of Covid-19 on 25 March 2020.   Barozzi was a professional cyclist from 1949 to 1958.   He won a stage of the Volta a Catalunya in 1950 and the Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato in 1954 and 1956.
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Detto Mariano, music publisher
26Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
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Detto Mariano, music publisher

Detto Mariano –an Italian composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, record producer and music publisher – died on 25 March 2020 after contracting Covid-19.   Born Mariano Detto in Monte Urano, Mariano started his career in 1958 but was launched by entering Adriano Celentano's "Clan Celentano", becoming keyboardist in his accompanying group "I Ribelli", sporadic lyricist and official arranger of all the songs of the Clan between 1962 and 1967. He also collaborated with Lucio Battisti, Mina, Milva, Equipe 84. Later he focused on composing numerous film soundtracks, especially comedy films.   On 25 March 2020, Mariano died of COVID-19 at the age of 82.
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Angelo Moreschi
26Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
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Angelo Moreschi

Angelo Moreschi –an Italian missionary of the Catholic Church who spent his career in Ethiopia – succumbed to Covid-19 on 25 March 2020.   He was prefect apostolic of Gambella, and became vicar apostolic there when he became a bishop in 2010.   Moreschi was born in Nave, Italy, on 13 June 1952. He took his first vows as a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco on 1 September 1974 and his final vows on 15 August 1980. He attended seminary in Chiari and studied theology in Bethlehem. He was ordained a priest on 2 October 1982.   He spent his career in Ethiopia, where he was Provincial Councilor for the Vice-Province Africa Ethiopia-Eritrea from 1998 to 2001 and pastor in Dilla, South Ethiopia, from 1991 to 2000. On 25 November 2000, Pope John ...
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Lorenzo Acquarone, lawyer & politician
25Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
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Lorenzo Acquarone, lawyer & politician

Lorenzo Acquarone –an Italian lawyer and politician – succumbed to Covid-19 on 24 March 2020.   Born in Ventimiglia, Acquarone graduated in law and became a lawyer and university lecturer. As a member of the Italian People's Party, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for three legislatures. In 2002 he participated in the formation of the new political entity called the "Margherita" or Democracy is Freedom - The Daisy, but in September 2003 decided to leave the party to join the Popular-UDEUR.   On 27 December 2007, Acquarone was awarded the Knight Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - uniform ribbon.   Acquarone died at the age of 89 on 24 March 2020 due to COVID-19 in Italy.
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Ivano Garzena, Dentist
24Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
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Ivano Garzena, Dentist

Ivano Garzena – a Dentist in Turin, Italy – passed away on 23 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Ivano was 48 years old. Source: Fnomceo Please help us in adding details.
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