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Dr Abdulghani Taki Makki, 79, Dentist, Italy Dr. Abdulghani Makki, 79, was a Dentist and children’s book author from Sant’Elpidio a Mare, Italy. He died from Covid-19 on March 24, 2020. Born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1941, Makki was not only known as a doctor but also as a cultural pillar in his local community in Sant’Elpidio a Mare, in Italy’s Marche region. “He was a symbol of cultural integration, his tales will be his legacy,” said his friend Corrado Virgili, who last saw him on March 2. After studying medicine and surgery in Italy, he had planned to return to Syria. But he fell in love with an Italian woman and had called Italy home since 1961. Makki specialised in reanimation as well as paediatrics, and later dentistry. He helped his eldest daughter Leila open and run a f...