Overview

• His daughters, Sveva and Simona, announced his death after confirming his passing at the Residenza San Felice near Milan.
• Earlier in the day, relatives had gathered at his bedside as his condition turned critical, according to accounts relayed to Corriere della Sera.
• Fede had lived for months—reported as a couple of years—in the Segrate nursing facility, where he recently marked his 94th birthday in June.
• A prominent and polarizing TV figure, he led Tg4 from 1992 to 2012 after earlier roles at Rai, TG1, Studio Aperto and Videonews.
• He was definitively convicted in the “Ruby bis” case in 2019 and sentenced to 4 years and 7 months for aiding prostitution, serving the term under house arrest due to age and health.