In memory of those who “died suddenly” in Italy, July 31-August 7, 2023
Cartoonist Saverio Tenuta; journalist Marcello Moroni; lawyers Dora De Fusco, Adone Del Negro; accountants Giorgio Secolo, Marcello De Michelis; 5 at home; 3 in the waters; 2 in “vaxxidents”; & more
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Saverio Tenuta (54) passed away unexpectedly
August 3, 2023
Today it was announced that the Italian cartoonist Saverio Tenuta passed away unexpectedly. He was 54 years old. His fantastically painted fantasy series were translated by Silvester. In 1992, Saverio Tenuta obtained his degree in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, as well as a degree in comics from the International School of Comics in Rome. The following year, the author began working as a graphic designer in the advertising business. His first comics were short stories and covers for various Italian publishers. From 1996, he started collaborating with several American publishers: he painted a cover for Event on Ash, another for SQP Conan the Cruel... He also published for the American Sirius editions and the Comic Art editions in Italy, a one shot, Bambole written by Lorenzo Bartoli. After collaborating with Phoenix, an Italian publishing house, on several albums, such as Gli Incubi Tecnologici di Saverio Tenuta, he published there his first graphic novel Cold Graze - Risvegli di Ghiaccio, written by Otto Gabos.
No cause of death reported.
A journalist “died suddenly”:
Farewell to Marcello Moroni, who died at the age of 70 of sudden illness
August 7, 2023
The journalist died during an excursion to Terminillo, for a day dedicated to measuring blood pressure and blood saturation at high altitudes blood oxygen, as well as screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm. When the news broke, a lot of research was done on the net to understand if the sudden illness could have a connection with the Covid vaccine, but there is no information relating to the vaccine and any adverse reactions.
At the precise moment in which he was suddenly taken ill, Moroni was at the Rinaldi refuge. The man was well known in Rieti where, among other things, he had occupied the role of clerk of the prosecutor's office.
Two lawyers “died suddenly”:
Castellammare di Stabia, Dora De Fusco dies suddenly
August 3, 2023
A sudden illness in the night. Dora De Fusco, a well-known lawyer in Castellammare di Stabia, has disappeared at the age of 62. News that has left the circles of the Stabiese lawyers dismayed.
No cause of death reported.
Vasto lawyer found dead at home: autopsy ordered on Adone Del Negro
August 1, 2023
The autopsy will shed light on the causes of the death of Adone Del Negro, the 57-year-old lawyer found dead in his home in Vasto, where he lived alone, on the evening of Sunday 30 July. The man was found by her sister, who went to the lawyer's home worried because she hadn't been able to contact him for a couple of days. The man was sprawled on the floor and the house seemed in perfect order. Several hypotheses regarding the causes of death, including a sudden illness, a heart attack or the same fall on the floor. It will be the autopsy examination, which will be performed in the Santissima Annunziata hospital in Chieti, to clarify the dynamics of the tragedy. Criminal and cassation lawyer, it seems that the man did not suffer from particular pathologies. A disappearance, his, which left all those who knew him in disbelief. Adone, well known in Vasto, was a great music lover, a passion he shared with his close friend Angelo Canelli, the internationally renowned musician from Vasto who died prematurely on 7 July 2006 in a tragic car accident. And precisely on the occasion of the evening in memory of Canelli, last July 6, the last public appearance of the lawyer Del Negro took place.
No cause of death reported.
Two accountants “died suddenly”:
Conegliano - The accountant of Conegliano Giorgio Secolo has died. Admitted after an illness, he never left the hospital
August 1, 2023
Farewell to Giorgio Secolo. He died suddenly and unexpectedly, at the age of 73, last Sunday evening at the Santa Maria dei Battuti hospital, where he had been hospitalized in the morning, because he was not feeling well, but for checks that should have been routine on the state of the disease against which he had been fighting for more than four years with the courage and optimism that distinguished him. The chartered accountant Giorgio Secolo underwent therapies that allowed him to lead a normal life, thanks to his determination. He worked, as always, until last Friday, in the associated practice he owned together with Dr. Gianluigi Fabbian, supported by numerous collaborators and employees, in via Gera, in the Cavallino area, where they had moved from the first office in via Colombo, opened in the eighties, carrying out with rigor and professionalism consultancy activities for important companies and trade associations in the area, also as auditors. “We didn't expect it,” underlines his brother Mario Secolo, who has held important positions in the health sector, among other things as medical director, and for twenty years he has been president of the Figli Maria Antonietta Bernardi Foundation, which welcomes children in conditions of discomfort, “ his death took us all by surprise. Giorgio was a hard worker, very attached to his family and loved by all for his jovial character and sympathy. Unfortunately we were forced to give the sad news to our mother Assunta that she is 97 years old”.
No cause of death reported.
Imperia: goodbye to the accountant Marcello De Michelis, struck down by an illness at the age of 60
August 1, 2023
Marcello De Michelis, who turned 60 a month ago, was struck down by a sudden illness this morning, while on holiday in Tuscany with his wife, the Imperia deputy prosecutor Maria Paola Marrali. According to what has been learned, the couple was taking a bike ride when De Michelis was taken ill and attempts to rescue him were useless. Marcello De Michelis, a well-known accountant from Imperia, son of Luciano and nephew of Ivo, has held numerous positions in various municipalities and public bodies. He had recently been appointed as a member of the Board of Auditors of the Foundation for the promotion of the Imperia University.
No cause of death reported.
Florence - Luca died at the age of 38 in a hotel. Goodbye to the pr of nightclubs
August 2, 2023
Last night he spent it in a hotel in viale Gramsci, after an evening that was supposed to be carefree. They found him lifeless on Monday morning: his body showed no signs of violence. But it will be anyway the autopsy arranged by prosecutor Christine Von Borries and carried out yesterday morning, to clarify how and why he died, Luca Megale, 38, a Florentine from Coverciano. Luca was known to many in Florence, because in addition to running a business in the center, with his family, he had worked in nightclubs such as the “Pavoreal“ or the “Blanco“, as a pr and “door selector“. He was also the owner of a garage downtown, where his co-workers are now stunned and have rallied around the family for a tragedy that took everyone by surprise.
No cause of death reported.
“Died suddenly” on vacation:
Marmirolo - Sudden illness, his wife finds him dead on the balcony at 44 years old
August 1, 2023
Struck by a heart attack while on vacation with his wife and two young daughters: this is the sad fate of Matteo Tibaldi, a 44-year-old worker from Marmirolo, Mantua. He died in the night between Sunday and Monday on the balcony of an apartment in Pescoluse, in Salento (Puglia), which the family had rented for a few days: his wife found him lifeless at dawn. Unfortunately, help was useless: when the doctors arrived, poor Matteo was already dead. His wife found him sitting on a deckchair: the 44-year-old was not responding to stimuli and so the woman immediately sought help. In addition to his beloved wife, Matteo Tibaldi also leaves his 14 and 16-year-old daughters in pain: following the first investigations into the death, the authorization for the return of the body and subsequent burial would have already arrived. Matteo Tibaldi worked for P.E. Labellers of Porto Mantovano: he was a worker specialized in the assembly and testing of adhesive-hot melt-cold glue-roll labeling machines, as well as head of the pre-assembly department.
A mom “died suddenly”:
Mom dies struck by a sudden illness
August 5, 2023
There is no explanation when similar tragedies occur that upset not only a family but also an entire village, Montanaro. So, suddenly, Sabrina Muratore, 46 years old. An illness due to a cerebral hemorrhage, last Thursday, then the desperate rush to the San Giovanni Bosco hospital in Turin, and her death, despite the care provided by the doctors.
A father “died suddenly”:
Borgo a Mozzano. Goodbye "Papo": illness crushes 49-year-old craftsman and volunteer. He leaves behind 4 children
August 1, 2023
Andrea Papeschi had fallen ill on Saturday night and died suddenly on Sunday at the age of 49. A tragedy that developed within a few hours. In the night between Saturday and Sunday Andrea had complained of back pain. The next morning his wife Giada Coli, animator at the Rsa della Misericordia di Borgo, accompanied him by car to the emergency room in Castelnuovo. At first the situation seems under control, there is talk of possible kidney stones. Then, after a few hours, everything falls apart and Andrea dies. As we said, there are many communities affected by this tragedy. There is that of Lucca and, in particular, of the Sant'Anna district, where Andrea grew up and still has many friends. There is that of Valdottavo, where he had moved after meeting Giada and buying a house: here he leaves, in addition to his wife, three daughters and a son. Many, then, knew him for his work: together with his partner Alfredo Lucchesi he had an established business of laying wooden floors, which took him around the whole province and beyond. An autopsy will be carried out on Friday, to clarify the causes of such a sudden death.
No cause of death reported.
“Died suddenly” at work:
Motteggiana - Illness at the end of the work shift: driver dies
August 7, 2023
Fatal illness for a hauler of the Autotrasporti Capaldo company. The man, a Neapolitan, was at the end of his work shift and once he returned to the company he went to the locker room to change and go home. Suddenly an illness, he collapsed and there was nothing more to do. The Carabinieri of Gonzaga also intervened on the spot. Unfortunately, help is useless, he had been confirmed to have died of a heart attack.
No age reported.
Former Ulss employee dies suddenly of a stroke
August 7, 2023
In January 2022 she had lost her husband, Aldo Tonetto. Yesterday, August 6, she passed away due to a sudden illness, a stroke which left her no way out. Grave mourning in the hamlet of Colfrancui for the sudden death, at the age of 67, of Paola Corte Pause, retired but for 38 years inspector of the hygiene and veterinary office of Ulss 2.
Three “died suddenly” in the waters:
Avigliana, 20-year-old falls of pedal boat and dies
August 5, 2023
A young man of 20, Ilyas Belbaida, born in Morocco and living in Turin, died in the Grande lake of Avigliana in the late afternoon of Saturday 5 August. The alarm was raised around 5 pm. The boy was thrown into the water from the pedal boat and never resurfaced. The divers of the firefighters of the provincial command of Turin fished out his body. Also on site was the helicopter of the firefighters, personnel of the firefighters of Avigliana and Grugliasco and the carabinieri of the Avigliana station, who speculate that the young man may have been seized by a sudden illness. The accident occurred 50 meters from the shore. There were two of them on the pedal boat: it was the young man's 18-year-old friend who raised the alarm at 112.
Tragedy in the pool: rescue and resuscitation in vain. A 61-year-old died
August 7, 2023
He had a sudden illness while in the pool. The lifeguards knew something was wrong when they noticed he had stopped swimming. But all the help was in vain. This is how the 61-year-old disabled man from Cortona lost his life who today, with a group of guests from the Cam di Ferretto (Cortona) - a nursing home for people with disabilities - was spending a day in the sports facility. The man apparently knew how to swim and was in the largest tank when the tragedy occurred. Together with the lifeguards, even the Cam operators, who accompanied the guests, did their utmost to save him. The alarm went off at about 10.30. The emergency vehicles of the ASL Toscana Sud Est arrived on the spot, continuing the resuscitation maneuvers already implemented by the plant staff. For about half an hour they tenaciously tried to snatch him from death (the defibrillator would also have been used), but there was nothing they could do. The ambulance of the Avis of Foiano della Chiana, the nurse of the Misericordia of Monte San Savino were present on the spot, and the Pegaso air ambulance had also been alerted, in the hope of a flight to safety. Also present were the carabinieri and the municipal police of Castiglion Fiorentino.
No cause of death reported.
Capalbio – 54-year-old suffers sudden illness on the beach
August 6, 2023
The man was swimming when he suddenly felt ill at ease. The body was recovered from the sea. The 118 and the Pegaso intervened and tried to revive him but to no avail, all under the eyes of this devastated wife.
No cause of death reported.
Five “died suddenly” at home:
Drama in Casaluce, 38-year-old dies in the night: struck down by a sudden illness
August 5, 2023
The Caserta community woke up with tragic news: Lucia De Gais died in the night struck down by a sudden illness at the age of 38. The doctors intervened on the spot and were only able to ascertain the death of the young mother. She leaves behind her husband, a well-known local photographer, and a daughter.
No cause of death reported.
Caserta - Young pizza maker dies in his sleep
August 4, 2023
The city of Caserta mourns one of its most talented new generation pizza makers. Domenico Persichini, 42, owner of Pizza Express, a place that moved to Casagiove from the historic site adjacent to Caserta station, passed away suddenly. Domenico died in his sleep, struck down by a sudden illness that gave him no escape. The funeral was celebrated this morning in the church of the Good Shepherd in Caserta.
No cause of death reported.
Pavia, 37-year-old woman found dead on sofa
August 2, 2023
Some neighbors raised the alarm, who hadn't seen her leave the house for a few days. The lifeless body of a 37-year-old woman was found this afternoon, shortly before 3 pm, in an apartment on the top floor of a building on Viale Argonne in Pavia, near the Castello Visconteo. Her body lay on the sofa. The coroner immediately rushed to the scene. From the first investigations it seems that the death of the 37-year-old can be traced back to a few days ago. The cause of her death remains to be established. Firefighters entered through the house's skylight. Due to the complex access to the apartment, two teams of firefighters intervened on the spot with 2 rescue vehicles, a tank fire truck and a ladder truck, and adopted speleo, mountaineering and river derivation techniques to gain access to the apartment. Local police officers and 118 health personnel also attended.
Iglesias, found lifeless in his bed after 10 days
August 2, 2023
He was found lifeless in his home in Iglesias, only after ten days. The tragic episode took place in the compendium in the Col di Lana district. It was the neighbors who alerted the police after hearing a very strong smell coming from the house of Sergio Cocco, a 65-year-old retired forest ranger. On the spot the firefighters and the carabinieri who found the man on the bed. Checks are underway to understand the causes of death: one thinks of a sudden illness.
No cause of death reported.
Paolo Benedetti, 56, dies in his sleep
July 31, 2023
Rieti - Mourning and dismay in the city in the early hours of the morning of Monday 31 July, for the sudden death of Paolo Benedetti, newsagent of the Il Girasole kiosk located a few meters from the provincial headquarters of the INPS of Rieti. An illness caught him in his sleep and, upon awakening from the night, it was his wife who confirmed his death.
No cause of death reported.
“Died suddenly” while hiking:
Malore while on the Duranno path in Belluno, fall down 40 meters 52-year-old hiker from Vittorio Veneto died on the spot
August 7, 2023
Perarolo Di Cadore (Belluno) - Sudden illness, falls from the path and loses his life. He died like this, M.V. of 52 years of Vittorio Veneto. The accident today, August 7, around 11.20, on the Osvaldo Zandonella path on the Duranno Shoulder. The man complained of chest pain, doubled over and fell off the ridge path and disappearing from sight of his friend. The call to the 118 center was immediate. Once the coordinates were traced, the Suem helicopter of Pieve di Cadore arrived and immediately saw the comrade making signals from the vertical of the point where the friend had crashed. Descending about forty meters, the crew identified the lifeless body of the Treviso native. Landed with two winches, helicopter rescue technician and medical team, they were only able to ascertain his death.
No cause of death reported.
Two killed in “vaxxidents”:
Messina – 60-year-old man dies while parking his car
August 5, 2023
It happened yesterday evening in Messina, when a man returning home in viale Regina Elena, a few moments before parking his car, was seized by a sudden illness that left him no way out. It is a sixty-year-old man who is the victim of yesterday's tragedy that occurred in Viale Regina Elena, in the city of Messina. The man had arrived at the house, he only needed to park the car by turning to his left, but instead he went straight and crashed into a parked car – as MessinaToday reports. The neighbors realized what happened and promptly notified help, but for the sixty-year-old there was nothing they could do.
Avellino, accident in Calabritto: the van crashes, the 34-year-old died instantly
August 5, 2023
A 34-year-old man was killed when his van crashed off the road. The commercial vehicle tore off the guardrail and fell off the overpass. A terrible flight that left the driver of the van no way out. No other vehicles are involved. The 34-year-old would therefore have independently lost control of the vehicle. There was no passenger with him on board.
No cause of death reported.
Two “died suddenly” while out and about:
Valentino Vasconi died at the age of 57 after an illness accused in a bar after a ride with his motorcycle
August 4, 2023
Castell'azzara (Grosseto) – He had gone for a ride with the motorbike on the curves of the Amiata. A great passion of his that he had always cultivated. But after stopping together with his Augusta, he had a fatal illness. Valentino Vasconi died last night in Siena at the age of 57. He was an employee of Enel. The man had stopped inside the "Da Begname" bar when he had a sudden and above all unexpected illness. Rescuers arrived on the spot and tried in every way to keep him alive, called by the bar managers who realized that something was wrong. The man was defibrillated and stabilized and transferred by air ambulance to the Le Scotte hospital in Siena. But his heart definitively stopped beating a few hours after arriving at the polyclinic of the city of the Palio. He was a big motorcycle enthusiast. Very active in his community, in the last administrative elections he stood as a candidate in support of the current mayor Tullio Tenci with the "United for the Municipality" list.
Trasaghis mourns the passing of Renato Stefanutti, who died suddenly due to illness while he was a few steps from home, along Via Nazionale in Alesso
August 1, 2023
Yesterday morning, Monday 31 July, he had left the house to go get bread, but a fatal illness suddenly struck him, causing him to collapse along via Nazionale. This is how Renato Stefanutti, one of the reference figures for the Trasaghis community and for the Val del Lago blood donors section, an organization that knew him as a founder, passed away. The timely arrival of health workers, including the attending physician Maria Ornella Tomat, but to save the life of Stefanutti, a "humble and altruistic man" as his fellow villagers remember him on the Facebook group "Sei di Alesso se...", it was already too late. Renato Stefanutti was 75 years old.
No cause of death reported.
A sports manager “died suddenly”:
Zoppola - Mauro Vecchiettini has died: the 58-year-old sports manager struck by a sudden illness
August 2, 2023
The news of the death of Mauro Vecchiettini invaded Zoppola with a wave of pain. Known and esteemed both for his managerial activity and for his commitment in Calcio Zoppola, Vecchiettini has left a huge void in the heart of the country.
Born in Turin, Vecchiettini transformed the Northeast into his home, leading various entrepreneurial realities in the area. His role as manager led him to lead Icos Pharma in Cusano di Zoppola, further consolidating his influence in the sector. Vecchiettini had managed to create solid bonds of friendship and esteem in this area, becoming a point of reference. Recently, Vecchiettini was practicing his trade as a freelancer, becoming a partner in a company in Udine. Despite frequent travel for work, both in Italy and abroad, Vecchiettini had always considered Zoppola his safe haven, the place to return to.
No cause of death reported.
I was at Lake Avigliana yesterday. I wasn't aware of the news and my daughter told me when I got home. I wondered why it was so quiet there. 🙁 I looked up the story of the boy and his friend. Apparently, this happened on Saturday, however it took them THREE whole days to find his body. So very sad.
PS: I want to give his name so that he is not just a number. He was IIyas Baibada aged 20 .
Thank you Mark. We remembering all these peoples, these victums thanks to you.