Overview

• He died Sunday at 78, with obituaries noting his illness with ALS.
• Born in Rome in 1947, he apprenticed at Corriere dello Sport, began at Giornale d’Italia, then joined RAI in 1976 presenting GR3 newscasts and later TG2 Sport.
• He covered Italy’s 1982 World Cup win as an envoy before becoming a leading voice of alpine skiing.
• His commentary followed Alberto Tomba from Albertville 1992 through Lillehammer 1994, the 1995 overall World Cup triumph and the 1996 Sierra Nevada world titles.
• He was widely known as a Lazio-leaning opinionist and editor at Radio Radio, and is also remembered for being at Via Caetani when Aldo Moro’s body was found in 1978.