THEeverything in the world of journalism and politics: Furio Colombo has diedone of the protagonists of Italian information and parliamentarian for three legislatures. I had 94 years old. The announcement was made by the family. The funeral will be held today, January 15that the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome at 3.00 pm.
Furio Colombo, journalist and politician, dead at 94
“This morning Furio Colombo died at the age of 94, assisted by his wife Alice and his daughter Daria”, reads a note from the family taken from the news agency Handle. The family then remembered the journalistic, political and cultural activity that marked his entire life.
Furio Colombo and journalism
Born in 1931, Colombo was one of the leading names in Italian journalism. He held the role of correspondent for Rai and correspondent for The Press. And, again, it was director ofUnit, editorialist of Republic and he founded The Daily Fact.
The journalist at Oliviero Beha’s funeral outside the church of SS. Guardian Angels, 15 May 2017 in Rome. (Handle)
«He carried out an intense cultural activity as an author of literary and cinematographic texts and directed the New York Cultural Institute for three years, as well as holding a professorship at Columbia University. He also held corporate positions first at Olivetti and then as Fiat Representative in the United States”, recalls theHandle.
Political activity
Not just journalism. The name of Furio Colombo is also linked to politics: he was, in fact, parliamentarian for three legislatures for the DS, the Ulivo, the Pd.
The memory on social media
Many people remembered the journalist via social media. «Extremely fine intellectual, excellent journalistparliamentarian for three legislatures and friend. Passion – civil, intellectual, cultural – is his greatest lesson and his most important legacy“, he wrote on X Myrta Merlin.
«A master driven by an extraordinary civil passion which has always inspired all his commitmentsfrom journalism to intense activity in the intellectual field, to the parliamentary mandate which saw him represent the DS, the Ulivo and the PD for three legislatures. His intellectual curiosity, his clarity of analysis, the competence with which he always approached each topic made him a point of reference for anyone who knew his thoughts, actions and writings. Together with my wife Anna we hold my wife Alice and daughter Daria in a warm embrace”, the words of Piero Fassino.
«We are losing a rare example of civility, of democratic passion, of rigorous and professional journalism. We all lose a man of exemplary clarity”, he wrote on X Cesare Damianoformer Minister of Labor and Social Security.
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