Originally from Valle d’Aosta, during his career he was also director of L’Unità and co-founder of Il Fatto Quotidiano
Furio Colombo died at the age of 94. The Italian journalist, originally from Chatillon, in the Aosta Valley, had been a RAI correspondent, editorialist for Repubblica, director of L’Unita, co-founder of Il Fatto Quotidiano. But he was also a very involved man in Italian politics: a member of parliament for three legislatures for the DS, for L’Ulivo and for the PD. The announcement of the journalist’s death was made via an official note from the family.
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Furio Colombo is dead, the family notes
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“This morning, Furio Colombo died at the age of 94, assisted by his wife Alice and his daughter Daria”, we read in the note published by Furio Colombo’s family. The funeral of the Italian journalist will be held at Non-Catholic Cemetery of Romeat 3pm on Wednesday 15 January 2025.
The note continues by recalling his intense “activity as a journalist which saw him as a RAI correspondent and correspondent from the United States, editorialist for Repubblica, director of L’Unità, founder of Fatto Quotidiano. Member of Parliament for three legislatures for the DS L’Ulivo and the Democratic Party”.
His family, however, also remembered him for his “intense cultural activity as an author of literary and cinematographic texts” and for having “directed the New York Cultural Institute for three years”.
who was Furio Colombo
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Marco Furio Colombo was born in Châtillon on January 1, 1931. Italian journalist, writer and politician, he was born to an Israelite family. After graduating in Law in Turin, in the mid-1950s he began working as a lawyer, also participating in the writing of RAI cultural programs with Umberto Eco, Gianni Vattimo and Piero Angela. In 1967 he became a professional journalist. Colombo was a US correspondent for La Stampa and for La Repubblica, for which he was also a columnist. He has also written for the New York Times and taught journalism at Columbia University and the University of California – Berkeley.
From 2001 to 2005 he was director of L’Unità, while in 2009 he was among the co-founders of il Fatto Quotidiano, for which he was a columnist until 13 May 2022. He later returned to collaborate for La Repubblica.
From 1996 to 2001 he was a deputy for the Democratic Party of the Left and for the Democrats of the Left, before returning to Parliament in 2006 as a senator for the DS. In 2008 he was again elected deputy. Also thanks to him and his commitment, Remembrance Day exists, established on 27 January each year.
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