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06 August 2020A minute of silence, then the applause: the Senate Hall wanted to remember, at the opening of the session, Sergio Zavoli, who died on Tuesday evening at the age of 96. "He was an incredibly talented and brilliant journalist and writer, one of the most lively and important storytellers in our history," said the president, Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, who stressed "the great personal displeasure of all the senators and the administration for not being able to set up, due to the severe health security measures, the funeral home here in the Senate to pay him his last farewell. "The religious funeral will take place on Friday 7 August at 10 am in the church of San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome. The daughter Valentina makes it known. After the funeral, Zavoli will be taken to Rimini where the Fiery Chamber will be opened at the Galli Theater. It will be possible to offer him the last farewell Friday afternoon from 17 to 19 and Saturday morning from 10 to 12.
Sergio Zavoli was born in Ravenna on September 21, 1923. Father of historical programs, from the "Trial to the stage to" The night of the Republic " , was a radio commentator, co-director of the news, director of the GR, president of RAI from 1980 to 1986, and signed investigations that have marked the history. Author of numerous books, his political commitment was also relevant: he was senator for 4 legislatures , for the center-left, from 2001 to 2018, also holding the position of chairman of the Supervisory Commission on radio and television services.
"This morning, with delicate and precise words, the family sent me Sergio's desire to be brought back to Rimini and rest next to Federico '", said the mayor of Rimini, Andrea Gnassi yesterday, remembering Sergio Zavoli and the link with the city and with Federico Fellini ." Of all that will be said, in these hours, in these days, forever, Sergio Zavoli will perhaps go unnoticed by a seemingly local fact: Rimini is his homeland. It has been so in life for affections, work, friendships, passions. It will be even more so from now on, "said Gnassi.
" The disappearance of Sergio Zavoli pains me. First of all, I want to express my feelings of closeness and solidarity with family members. Italian journalism loses one of its masters. Zavoli's leave - as he himself defined it - will be an opportunity to rethink his legacy, to remember the originality and quality of his most important works, to draw inspiration and inspiration from his style, his professional ethics, his great narrative power capable of going deep and grasping the humanity behind the events and the protagonists ". The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said it in a note.
" Journalist, writer, intellectual of great sensitivity, Zavoli was a pioneer radio and one of the most representative personalities of Italian television. His name and face are linked to successful and valuable programs, which will remain in the memory. His authority led him to the presidency of Rai and, subsequently, as senator, to the presidency of the Supervisory Commission on radio and television services. It leaves a testimony of a great teaching for the whole world of information and for young people who are starting a profession so important for democratic freedoms and for the quality of civilian life ", he concluded.