Tributes poured in from politicians
and colleagues on Tuesday for Gianni Minà, who died in Rome on
Monday at the age of 84.
In a tweet Premier Giorgia Meloni saluted the acclaimed
journalist as "a true professional, loved and respected by all.
"Italy loses a great journalist and a man of deep culture," she
added.
"Gianni Minà was not only a great journalist, but also an
attentive and passionate narrator of contemporary society," said
opposition Democratic Party secretary Elly Schlein.
"(He was) an innovator in the way of narrating the world, always
sensitive to the cause of the most vulnerable," said Schlein
In a television appearance on Tuesday Italian showman Fiorello
paid homage to "the reporter of the great, the reporter who
managed to meet extraordinary people, from the Dalai Lama to
Muhammad Ali".
Minà interviewed many of the great figures of the last century,
including Fidel Castro, Muhammad Ali, Federico Fellini, Eduardo
De Filippo, Robert De Niro, Jane Fonda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
and Enzo Ferrari, for state broadcaster Rai.
In a statement Rai journalists' union Usigrai recalled his
"unforgettable" interviews with the protagonists of sports,
cinema, music, describing him as "a rigorous professional who
was always ready for new challenges in order to get the
interview that each of us would have liked to do".
Minà's body will be laid out for people to pay their respects on
the Campidoglio (Capitol) on Wednesday.
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