In memory of those who "died suddenly" in Italy, May 17-23 (Part 1)
They "died suddenly" on beaches and in lakes, at home in bed (and not in bed), at work (and on their way to work), in a historical procession, undergoing rehabilitation treatment, and elsewhere
ITALY
“Died suddenly” during a historical procession:
Tragedy at the Sword Race: a figure killed by an illness at the age of 68. Procession canceled, silence and pain at the Offer of the Ceri
May 19, 2022
Camerino - Canceled the historical procession at night of the Corsa alla Spada, one of the participants felt ill and died, probably struck down by a heart attack, just before leaving the historic center of Camerino, to reach the basilica of San Venanzio where he holds the ceremony of the offering of the Ceri. The victim is a craftsman, the 68-year-old Maurizio Lintei, at around 8.30 pm he collapsed to the ground due to an illness.
Family members who arrived on the spot were immediately notified. The management of the Corsa alla Spada immediately canceled the historical procession at night, while the ceremony of the offering of the Ceri, streamed on social media, took place in an unreal silence, full of condolences and participation for the pain of this family rooms. The news immediately spread to Camerino, arousing sadness and dismay, breaking the festive atmosphere that had accompanied the start of the evening.
“Died suddenly” during rehabilitation treatment:
Livorno, tragedy in the physiotherapy center: he dies during a rehabilitation treatment
May 23, 2022
The patient lost his life at 73. The carabinieri intervened on the case and will have the task of establishing how the sudden death occurred.
He died of a heart attack at the age of 52, also in mourning in the Municipality for the driver and sports volunteer
May 23, 2022
Stradella - The sudden death, at the age of 52, of Giancarlo Gola, owner of a rental business with driver and volunteer of the Oltrepo Sports Events Committee, aroused deep pain and dismay throughout Stradella.
Gola died on Sunday due to a sudden and fulminating illness: only on Saturday morning many had met him at the presentation of the arrival of the fourth stage of the Mille Miglia in the theater in Stradella.
Irene Montruccoli died at 21 after an illness
May 23, 2022
A 21-year-old girl from Arceto, Irene Montruccoli, died at the Maggiore hospital in Parma following a sudden illness. It seems that the young woman, a sporty and full of life girl, suffered a persistent headache on Friday afternoon; shortly thereafter the loss of knowledge of her.
Due to the seriousness of the incident and the young age of the person, the helicopter rescue that collected Irene and transported her to the Maggiore hospital, in the intensive care unit, immediately got up from Parma. As the news spread, the whole community of Arceto followed the evolution of the situation with trepidation and hope.
In the parish, friends and acquaintances of the family, known and esteemed in the hamlet, gathered for a moment of prayer. Unfortunately yesterday, in the evening, the news that no one would have wanted to know rebounded like lightning: Irene did not make it. It now remains to be seen whether an autopsy will be performed in order to clarify the exact causes of such a sudden death.
For sure, for now, there is only the deep and inconsolable pain that runs through all citizens, starting with the girl's friends and peers.
https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/reggio-emilia/cronaca/malore-muore-ragazza-di-21-anni-1.7705675
Tragedy at the University of Foggia: he collapses to the ground and dies, goodbye to Cesare Sangalli, 58
May 23, 2022
The intervention of the health workers was not enough to save the life of Cesare Sangalli, head of Amnesty International, a group of Foggia. He died this evening of an illness, probably a heart attack, while the presentation of Pope Francis' book was in progress in the hall of the Department of Economics, Management and Territory, in the presence of the director of the DeMet department, of the rector Limone, of the president of the Parco del Gargano and the former Minister of Defense and former Vice President of the European Parliament, Mario Mauro.
The tragedy in via Ammiraglio Alberto Da Zara shook the Foggia community. The public meeting entitled 'Is Peace Over?’ organized by the Arché Cultural Center, in collaboration with the scientific journal Nuovo Meridionalismo Studi and with the patronage of the Csv Foggia. During his speech, Sangalli suddenly collapsed to the ground and fell backwards. The doctors, who arrived on board an ambulance, tried to revive him several times. Unfortunately, the 58-year-old didn't make it. He sent dozens of condolence messages that appeared on Facebook. The entire Foggia community is under shock.
https://www.foggiatoday.it/cronaca/morto-cesare-sangalli-foggia-infarto-universita.html
He died of a heart attack at the age of 51. A few hours later a kidney was transplanted to his brother
May 23, 2022
From the most heartbreaking drama, to the hope of a new life. This is the sense of what happened in recent days in Altavilla Vicentina to the Massignan family, well known, owner of the Crichelon restaurant and farmhouse. Margherita and Napoleone Massignan, who opened the business in 1978, are joined by their four sons Daniele, Guglielmo, Stefano and Paolo.
Last Tuesday the latter, like every day, arrived at the restaurant around 9.15 am; he had first watered the tomato, basil and parsley seedlings of his garden and then, having greeted the kitchen employees, had approached the coffee machine, but suddenly he had been taken ill and had collapsed, losing consciousness.
"We immediately gave the alarm to 118 - tell the brothers - After the first cardiac massages by the health personnel, Paolo was hospitalized in serious but stable condition, at 11 in the morning in the intensive care unit of San Bortolo". After two days of fighting between life and death, his heart stopped beating on Thursday.
“At that moment, the medical staff made us aware of his willingness to donate organs. Back home - continue the brothers - in the evening doctor Oscar Banzato arrived at the restaurant, who told us he had "good" news. One of Paolo's kidneys could have been transplanted to his older brother Daniele.
The news of the death of Paolo Massignan, who threw his wife Federica and two children Giovanni and Cristian, parents and brothers with their families into despair, spread quickly in Altavilla Vicentina, where the entrepreneur was well known and appreciated.
His many friends remember him with particular esteem and affection: those who had the privilege of knowing him describe him as a man who loved life, always kind and sunny, lively and sporty, but above all full of incredible sweetness. "We all loved his simplicity, his sincere and good smile," his brothers say heartbroken. A pain partially alleviated by the awareness that his generosity contributed decisively to giving new hope to his brother Daniele.
From his beloved wife Federico the most moving memory: "We loved and loved each other and were united by our children, always with affection, respect and mutual esteem".
Illness in Liguria, Dr. Carpani of Erba died
May 23, 2022
Antonio Carpani, 59, well known in the city for his activity as a general practitioner, died in the night between Saturday and Sunday. Apparently he was in Liguria for a three-day vacation, on the eastern coast, together with his wife Anna who yesterday morning found him lifeless due to a sudden illness. The date of his funeral has not yet been established although it is likely that it will take place in Crevenna. Together with his wife he leaves his children Alessia and Alberto.
Together with the other general practitioners from Erba, Carpani worked on the front line to combat Covid-19: in the years of the pandemic he never spared himself and visited many patients even at home.
No cause of death reported.
He falls under the eyes of his friends.
May 19, 2022
Tragedy in the mountains in the early afternoon yesterday in Valchiavenna, in the municipal area of San Giacomo Filippo. The victim is a 63-year-old man from Casnate with Bernate, Giuseppe Roncoroni , Beppe for friends.
The man was in Valchiavenna for a high altitude excursion with a group of friends on Pizzo Truzzo, between Madesimo and Chiavenna. The party was at about 2,700 meters above sea level and was traveling along an exposed part on the ridge, towards the dam, where snow is still present.
Suddenly, and for reasons still under investigation, Roncoroni fell into the void under the eyes of his excursion companions, perhaps he slipped into the frozen snow. A terrible flight of a few hundred meters which unfortunately was fatal.
It was the friends, still in shock from what had happened, who raised the alarm and allowed the intervention of the rescuers. The Sondrio di Areu helicopter rescue service - Regional Emergency Emergency Agency - took off from the Caiolo base. The technicians of the Chiavenna Station of the National Alpine Rescue and Speleological Corps and the soldiers of the Sagf (Alpine Rescue Guardia di Finanza) of Madesimo were also alerted.
The rescuers, however, could not do anything else, once they reached the hiker, than to ascertain his death. The body of the Casnatese was recovered, with not a few difficulties due to the particularly inaccessible area where the dramatic accident took place, and was taken to the mortuary of the Chiavenna hospital at the disposal of the judicial authority. It is not known, at the moment, if the Sondrio prosecutor will decide to have the autopsy on the hiker's body.
The dynamics of what happened are still being reconstructed, the men of the Sagf who intervened on the spot are working on it and could, in the next few hours, carry out a new inspection in the area to better ascertain the causes of the tragic accident.
In particular, it will be necessary to understand what is the cause of the fall of the hiker. To shed light on the tragedy, the testimonies of the people who were with him, and who witnessed the accident at high altitude, will be precious. The investigators have already listened to them immediately after the injury.
Two “died suddenly” in lakes:
Caldonazzo lake, fatal illness for Liviana Melchiori: Bieno in shock
May 22, 2022
Calceranica - “She put on her swimming goggles and entered the water: a refreshing bath on a very hot day, a few strokes to fully enjoy the beauty of Lake Caldonazzo. None of the many who crowded the beach heard her scream for help, no one saw her floundering.”
Perhaps it was a sudden illness: Liviana Melchiori , 65, she is as if she had been swallowed by the waters. The tragedy happened just before 5 pm yesterday 21 May in the Riviera beach, in Calceranica. It was some boys who saw the body of the woman, resident in Bieno, in Valsugana, just below the surface of the water with her face turned towards the seabed.
Liviana Ierta Melchiori, "la Liviana" as she was known by everyone in Bieno, was above all a mother. She is a good mom. Di Andrea, known in the valley for his commitment to Alpine Rescue, and Gabriele. With the latter, thirty years old with disabilities, she lived in symbiosis.
No cause of death reported.
Gravedona, tragedy in the lake; French tourist dives and dies
May 20, 2022
Tragedy in the lake at lunchtime on Friday 20 May. A 54-year-old French tourist died after diving off the boat off the coast of Gravedona. The interventions of the rescuers mobilized by the operations center in red code just before 13 are useless.
According to what has been learned, the woman was swallowed by the lake after diving from the boat, and then emerged after a few moments in cardiac arrest and unconscious. The pilot boats and rescue vehicles of the firefighters of Como, Dongo, Sondrio intervened on the spot as well as the carabinieri of the Menaggio company. The woman died while being transported to the hospital in Gravedona.
A pilot “died suddenly” just after landing:
Sudden illness in flight, the victim is a pilot from Rovereto
May 23, 2022
A 1948 pilot residing in Rovereto died today, Monday 23 May, of sudden illness during a flight to Asiago. The man managed to land at Romeo Sartori airport, but soon after went into cardiac arrest. The aircraft, as soon as it touched the runway, swerved abruptly ending up in the middle of the grass: the passenger who was with him was unharmed.
The control center tried to get in touch with the pilot, without obtaining an answer, and then warned the rescue team who found him slumped on the controls inside the small Tiger Moth biplane, historic from the 1930s, with a passenger. The man was extracted from the airframe for the first cardio pulmonary resuscitation operation even with the use of a defibrillator.
Despite the intervention of the health workers, there was nothing for him to do: the doctor had to declare his death. The passenger was scared but unharmed.
https://www.trentotoday.it/cronaca/pilota-trentino-muore-in-volo-asiago.html
“Died suddenly” in a parking lot:
Taken by an illness in the parking lot, a pensioner dies at 68
May 22, 2022
Venzone - He had got into the car to go home, when he was seized by a sudden illness which, despite the help given to him by the 118 health workers who arrived on the spot, left him no way out. Bruno Bellina, 68, from Venzone, died in this way, on the evening of Sunday 22 May, following a cardiac arrest.
The alarm went off shortly after 5pm, when the retired man was in the parking lot in front of the Carnia hotel restaurant. And it is there that, thanks to the report of a passer-by, the doctors reached him and tried for a long time to rehabilitate him. There was nothing to do for Bellina.
70-year-old found dead at home after an illness, he lived with his disabled mother
May 22, 2022
A 70-year-old man, SE, was found dead in his home in via Pantini in Vasto. The elderly man died of sudden illness. The body was found inside a room used as a warehouse. The latter lived with his disabled mother. It happened in the evening today.
The fire brigade of Vasto, the 118 health workers who could not help but ascertain the death and the Carabinieri of the local station intervened on the spot.
No cause of death reported.
Pontestura in mourning: 41-year-old mother dies
May 18, 2022
The small community of Pontestura mourns the sudden death of 41-year-old Anna Deluca, who died on Monday at the hospital in Casale. The woman went there for a mild illness but, once in the hospital, her condition rapidly worsened and the doctors were unable to save her. It will be the autopsy, which took place today, to define with certainty the causes of the death of Anna Deluca, who leaves her husband Fabio, two minor children, father Vito and sister Roberta.
Update: Anna Deluca died of pulmonary embolism. The death of the 41-year-old in the emergency room of the Casale hospital: autopsy requested and performed by the doctors of the ASL Al.
https://www.ilpiccolo.net/generic/2022/05/18/news/pontestura-in-lutto-muore-mamma-di-41-anni-139981/
Building contractor dies at home at 68. His daughter: "It wasn't an accident at work"
May 19, 2022
Tragedy in Lipari (Messina) , in the Aeolian Islands: a 68-year-old building contractor, Bartolo Zaia, died at home this morning. At first it was believed in a tragic accident at work, but his daughter denied this hypothesis.
From the first investigations, the man had gone to his daughter's house where restoration work was in progress on a ruin. This immediately made us think of a tragic accident at work.
To deny the hypothesis of the accident at work was Bartolo Zaia's daughter, Luana: "My father was not working in the house. He fell ill and fell down the stairs". The carabinieri are investigating the hypothesis of an accident at work. The house where the man died belongs to her daughter and is under renovation.
Cuneo, 44-year-old Alessandro Di Stefano dies of a heart attack
May 22, 2022, 07:22
The 44-year-old Alessandro Di Stefano, struck by a heart attack in his home in Madonna dell'Olmo in Cuneo, passed away suddenly on Saturday 21 May.
Di Stefano was married and the father of three children. Originally from Gela, he had been living in the Granda for some time and had worked since last year for Westport Fuel Systems Italia in Cherasco, where he was in charge of testing and automation. In the past he had also worked for Nord Engineering in Caraglio and Swisslog in Cuneo.
In the theatrical world he was known for his activity as an amateur actor, a member of the “Giovanni Toselli” Theater Academy since 2015. In recent years he had participated in numerous shows and performances, also graduating as a film actor at the Academy of Artists.
Salerno: Emanuele Del Nunzio, 39-year-old carabiniere, dies
May 19, 2022
Salerno - Mourning in the carabinieri for the death of Emanuele Del Nunzio, a chosen person who died when he was only 39 years old. The funeral will be held in the church of the Risen Jesus in Paro Arbostella tomorrow, Tuesday 17 May, at 4 pm.
Many messages of condolence received by the family for the death of Emanuele. “We are shocked - writes Gianluca - I will never forget you”. “It doesn't seem true” writes Francesco instead.
No cause of death reported.
https://www.imolaoggi.it/2022/05/19/salerno-muore-emanuele-del-nunzio/
“Died suddenly” resting on his sofa:
Sudden illness while resting on the sofa: 40-year-old father dies
May 20, 2022
Tragedy in the Vicenza area. On Monday evening, Dario Segafredo, 40, craftsman, father of two children aged 5 and 8 months, died suddenly, on the sofa at home, where he lay down to rest after putting his children to bed. His wife Giulia, returning around 10 pm after a meeting in the kindergarten of one of the children, found him lifeless: the intervention of the 118 health workers who tried to revive him for over an hour was useless.
Dario Segafredo lived in Tezze sul Brenta and for years had been the head of the Segafredo Mobili company in Rosà, an activity that he carried on with his brother Devis. The man did not suffer from any pathology and before the illness he had not had any symptoms: it will be the autopsy to try to shed light on the causes of death.
“Died suddenly” in front of his jewelry shop:
Sudden illness, 64-year-old jeweler dies in front of his shop
May 20, 2022
Sudden illness, 64-year-old jeweler dies in front of his shop. Mourning in Veneto for the sudden death of one of Jesolo's best-known jewelers. Andrea Tauro, 64, jeweler and president of the local Marconi committee and with important roles in various associations in the area, died this morning around 9 in front of his shop. He was going to the Tauro jewelry shop in Piazzetta Carducci, when he suddenly felt ill. The attempts to revive him by the 118 health workers were useless. Condolences to the family of Andrea Tauro from all over the world of Venetian associations.
No cause of death reported.
Como, illness in via Napoleona: a 66-year-old man died
May 16, 2022
It happened yesterday May 15 in Como in via Napoleona around 6 pm. A 66-year-old man was found dead, probably from an illness. The emergency services of 118, an ambulance of the Blue Cross and a self-medical, went immediately on the spot but there was nothing to do but to ascertain the death. A state police patrol was also on site.
No cause of death reported.
https://www.quicomo.it/cronaca/como-malore-via-napoleona-trovato-morto-uomo-66-anni.html
Drama in Meda, 34-year-old pharmacist died
May 16, 2022
Drama in Meda on the morning of Monday 16 May. A 34-year-old man, pharmacist, son of the owner of the pharmacy in the municipality of Brianza, was found lifeless in the house located above the family business.
The alarm went off around 11 and the rescue rushed to the scene with an ambulance and a pre-alerted car in red code. Unfortunately for the 34-year-old there was nothing to do: the medical staff was only able to ascertain the death.
No cause of death reported.
https://www.monzatoday.it/cronaca/farmacista-morto-meda.html
Two sudden deaths reported on May 14:
Taken ill, a 63-year-old dies in Vasto
May 14, 2022
A 63-year-old died after being taken ill in c.so Mazzini in Vasto. The incident happened late in the morning today. The 118 health workers arrived on the scene and attempted to resuscitate the man and local police officers.
No cause of death reported.
https://www.ilnuovoonline.it/2022/05/14/colto-da-malore-muore-a-vasto-un-63enne/
“Died in a few moments,” of “natural causes,” at 60, on a beach:
Tragic season opening in Ostia: 60 years old falls ill and dies at the sea
May 14, 2022
Ostia: a terrible misfortune at 14.00 today marked this first day at sea for Roman citizens. A man of about 60 died of a heart attack shortly after lunchtime on a beach on the Lungomare di Levante. On site the Carabinieri of Ostia for the ritual checks. The causes of natural death were confirmed by Ares 118 health workers.
He was seized by a serious illness around 14.00 today and unfortunately died in a few moments, the Italian man of about 60 who had gone like many others for the opening of the bathing season, on a beach of the Lungomare Amerigo Vespucci of Ostia.
Called back to the scene, the help of the Ares 118 health workers arrived immediately and were only able to confirm the death of the 60-year-old from natural death following a cardiac arrest.
https://canaledieci.it/2022/05/14/apertura-stagione-tragica-ostia-60enne-malore-muore-mare/
Oh another pilot...that's reassuring.
"Sudden illness while resting on the sofa: 40-year-old father dies"
Cause of death: exertion.
-MSM