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Sergio Rossi, an Italian shoe designer who founded his own brand, died due to coronavirus on 2 April 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Rossi was born in San Mauro Pascoli in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. He worked with his father, a shoemaker, and learned the trade.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In 1951, he opened his first shoe store. He also made sandals and sold them to beach-goers in Rimini and at Bologna boutiques. In 1968, the first shoes, marked with the Rossi brand, were produced.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Each pair of shoes took at least 14 hours to make and went through 120 different stages. They were seen on runways for Gianni Versace, Azzedine Alaia and Dolce & Gabbana. He first gained attention in 1960 when film director Federico Fellini used his shoe for actress Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In 1999, his brand was sold to the Gucci Group, known now as Kering for $96.2 million. It was then sold by Kering to Investindustrial in 2015.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In March 2020, Rossi and his company donated €100,000 to the Ospedale Luigi Sacco in Milan, in a joint effort from the fashion industry to combat the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Rossi's son, Gianvito Rossi, created his own footwear collection in 2006.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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On 2 April 2020, Rossi died in Cesena at the Maurizio Bufalini Hospital from COVID-19 at the age of 84.<\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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Sergio Rossi, an Italian shoe designer who founded his own brand, died due to coronavirus on 2 April 2020.   Rossi was born in San Mauro Pascoli in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. He worked with his father, a shoemaker, and learned the trade.   In 1951, he opened his first shoe store. 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