Diana De Feo died in the early afternoon today in her home in Naples. The journalist, former Senator of the Republic, was 84 years old. In September, he had undergone a delicate surgery, and in recent months, he was undergoing one rehabilitation. He fought to the end with enormous courage, he told al Courier service her husband Emilio Fede, I didn’t expect it to be missing now: I was about to join her, from Milan to Naples, to celebrate my ninetieth birthday with her.
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They were married for 57 years, they had two daughters and five grandchildren. She, born in Turin, had started in Rai in 1976, collaborating on the column Almanac of the day after of Tg1, of which she had later become a special correspondent for art and culture. Bright and sharp woman, in his youth he had refused a marriage proposal to Constantine of Greece, and had been a senator, called by Silvio Berlusconi, from 2008 to 2013. Daughter of Italo De Feo, who was Togliatti’s secretary and then director and vice president of Rai, Diana said that she had breathed journalism and politics since she was a child: The best friend Daddy was Saragat, Nenni and De Gasperi went around the house, I’ve been passionate about it ever since. The former director of Tg4 had just recently decided to name a foundation after his wife: I have destined part of my possessions to help the families of the sick who have nothing to live on. I will dedicate the rest of my life to the memory of Diana.
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A few days ago, heard in anticipation of its 90 years he told: a terrible moment. After I fell on the street, a distinguished English surgeon, so to speak, operated on my vertebrae and almost paralyzed me. I’m in a wheelchair. I do the rehabilitation. And Diana, my Diana, is as she is. Always with the great courage, the great goodness that distinguish it. Sta. Lotta and we are all hanging on to the news about her. He underwent a delicate operation and resumed living with incredible strength. We will do it. He reads the newspapers and, if he doesn’t rest, he talks on the phone. I was a hospital, she was in another hospital. I haven’t seen her for a month and a half. I am in Milan, she is in Naples, I hope that, being entrusted to the social services, they will give me permission to go to her for my birthday.
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Last year, to celebrate his 89th birthday, always under restrictions for a conviction in the Ruby Bis trial, he had gone to Naples without realizing that he had not been authorized and had been arrested at the restaurant with his wife. Case resolved in 24 hours. With him and her finally hand in hand, in front of the cake. He who explained: I have come from ten months of solitude. This is the first moment of emotion and serenity. I would have done the house arrest in Naples at Diana’s, but the house is all stairs, I have an awkward leg. In the evening, I go to sleep at 12.45pm because I know that Diana turns off the light after the latest news. So, I dream of holding her hand. She assured her that she had never contemplated the word divorce. He said: I am for the family, the family is a beautiful thing. And Fede remembered that Berlusconi always told him: Diana is the best part of the family.
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Diana De Feo and Emilio Fede
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June 23, 2021 (change June 23, 2021 | 18:01)
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