Italian Premier Matteo Renzi on
Friday took the so-called Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS research
in the wake of celebrities like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates,
Lady Gaga and Laura Pausini.
Renzi thanked Italian entertainers Tiziano Ferro, Fiorello,
and Lorenzo Jovanotti for nominating him to join the campaign to
find a cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
The Italian premier then nominated those he wants to pick
up the gauntlet, or the bucket, in his wake.
These are retired football star Roberto Baggio because he
helped raise funds for fellow player Stefano Borgonovo, who died
of ALS in 2013.
The premier also nominated is school friend Paolo Livoli, a
doctor who works with ALS sufferers, and the editors-in-chief of
every news outlet in Italy.
"I would like all the editors-in-chief of every magazine,
newspaper and TV news outfit to get a bucket of iced water on
the head as well, because it would mean ALS would get coverage
even when people are not making gestures such as this one," said
Renzi.
He then picked up the bucket of iced water and poured it
over his head.
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