Candido Cannavò
Candido Cannavò [ ˈkandido kannaˈvɔ ] (born November 29, 1930 in Catania , † February 22, 2009 in Milan ) was an Italian sports journalist and editor of Gazzetta dello Sport .
Life
Cannavò started working as a sports journalist for the La Sicilia newspaper at the age of 19 . From 1952 to 1955 he was President of the Centro Universitario Sportivo di Catania , the university sports club of the University of Catania . In 1955 he was hired by the Gazzetta dello Sport , for which he was special correspondent at several soccer world championships , nine Olympic Games and numerous editions of the Giro d'Italia in the following years .
In 1983, Cannavò Gino Palumbo followed as editor of Gazzetta . During his 19-year tenure, Cannavò was able to consolidate the position of his newspaper as one of the highest-circulation in Italy, he founded the weekly Sportweek and initiated the creation of a website. During those years he was still a columnist.
After resigning as editor of Gazzetta dello Sport in 2002, Cannavò published an autobiography and three books dealing with the circumstances in Italian prisons, with the situation of the disabled and the homeless, which were published by Rizzoli .
In February 2009, Cannavò died in the Santa Rita clinic in Milan as a result of a cerebral haemorrhage .
Publications
- Una vita in pink (Rizzoli, 2002)
- Libertà dietro le sbarre (Rizzoli, 2004)
- E li chiamano disabili (Rizzoli, 2005)
- Pretacci. Storie di uomini che portano il Vangelo sul marciapiede (Rizzoli, 2008)
Individual evidence
- ^ Addio a Candido Cannavò storico direttore della "Gazzetta". www.repubblica.it, February 22, 2009, accessed February 22, 2009 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cannavò, Candido |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sports journalist and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Catania |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2009 |
| Place of death | Milan |