Farewell to Gianni Boncompagni and Piero Ottone. The first died in Rome at the age of 84, in Rome. Born in Arezzo on 13 May 1932, he was one of the great innovators of Italian entertainment with Renzo Arbore, author and host of historic radio successes such as Bandiera Gialla and Alto gradimento, and then author and director of Pronto Raffaella?, Domenica In, Non è la Rai, Carramba. His daughters Claudia, Paola and Barbara announced it to ANSA: "After a long and fortunate life, surrounded by family and friends, dad is gone, a man of many talents and an unforgettable father".
Piero Ottone, doyen of journalism, former editor of Corriere della Sera and columnist for Repubblica has died at 92. Pseudonym of Pierleone Mignanego, Ottone was born in Genoa in 1924. he His beginnings at the Corriere Ligure and then at the Gazzetta del popolo, as editor and correspondent from London. In the 50s he moved to Corriere della Sera, as Moscow correspondent and special correspondent, until he was promoted to editor-in-chief. From 1968 to 1972 he was director of Secolo XIX, then returned, until 1977, to lead Corriere della Sera, commissioned by Giulia Maria Crespi to give the newspaper a left turn.
