Farewell to journalist Furio Colombo , who died this morning in Rome at the age of 94 .
The announcement came in a note from the family , which emphasizes that Colombo passed away "assisted by his wife Alice and daughter Daria." The funeral is scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, January 15, at 3:00 p.m. at the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome .
Over the years, Colombo has been an intensely active correspondent for RAI and the United States, an editorialist for Repubblica, director of L'Unita, and founder of Fatto Quotidiano.
Member of Parliament for three legislatures for the DS L'Ulivo and the PD, we owe to him the institution of the Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Shoah on January 27, established in 2000.
He also carried out an intense cultural activity as an author of literary and cinematographic texts and directed the Cultural Institute of New York for three years, as well as holding a chair at Columbia University. He also held corporate positions first at Olivetti and then as Fiat Representative in the United States.
(Unioneonline/vl)
