Gianroberto Casaleggio, the
co-founder of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), has
died in Milan, ANSA sources said on Tuesday. The news was
confirmed by M5S sources, medical sources and sources from the
Casaleggio Associati srl company. He was in hospital at an
Istituto Scientifico Auxologico clinic and had had health
problems for some time. In April 2014 Casaleggio underwent
urgent surgery for a brain edema at Milan's Policlinico
hospital.
Last week Casaleggio dismissed rumors he might step down
due to health problems, calling the the author of a post
reporting this "a jackal" on M5S leader and fellow founder Beppe
Grillo's blog.
Casaleggio Associati srl is an Internet and publishing
company that advises on network strategies, and Casaleggio was
sometimes called the "guru" of the movement that has become
Italy's second political group after the center-left Democratic
Party (PD) of Premier Matteo Renzi.
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