Overview

• La7 confirmed his death hours after his on-air segment, which aired during the morning programs.
• Network leaders Andrea Salerno and Enrico Mentana posted condolences, calling his passing a grave loss for the newsroom.
• Journalists on air shared personal memories, with Fabio Maria Angelicchio temporarily taking his position and Flavia Fratello noting the shock.
• Sottocorona’s career began in the Air Force’s meteorological service in 1972 before moving to Rai in 1986 and to Telemontecarlo, later La7.
• Coverage highlighted his clear, unsensational approach to explaining weather, and no official cause of death has been disclosed.