Overview
- His death occurred on Dec. 4 and was announced on Dec. 6 via his official Instagram, which asked for privacy for his family, girlfriend and friends.
- A GoFundMe organized by loved ones directs donations to the National Cancer Institute in Milan, with outlets citing differing totals raised so far, from about €162,000 to more than $215,000.
- Antonicelli disclosed a diagnosis of chondroblastic osteosarcoma in August 2023 and underwent chemotherapy, with radiotherapy later proving ineffective as the disease spread.
- In December 2023 he had his entire femur, knee and hip joints, and part of his quadriceps removed, and his leg was reconstructed with a total femur prosthesis.
- In 2025 he trained in Los Angeles and competed in a national Paralympic weightlifting event before a rapid decline led to November hospitalization for severe pain and spinal cord compression, where he died the following month.