Flavia Franzoni, wife of former
centre-left premier and ex European Commission chief Romano
Prodi, died suddenly Tuesday aged 76 at the family home in
Bologna, the former premier's press office said.
Franzoni was a social science lecturer at Bologna University's
political science faculty.
She and he 83-year-old Prodi had been married since 1969 and had
two sons, Giorgio and Antonio.
"With enormous sorrow, President Romano Prodi, together with his
sons Giorgio and Antonio and his entire family, announces that
today, suddenly, his wife, Flavia Franzoni, passed away", said
the note from the press office of the former Prime Minister.
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