Gianpaolo Ormezzano
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Gianpaolo Ormezzano (17 September 1935 – 26 December 2024) was an Italian journalist, writer, and TV personality.[1][2]
Biography and career
[edit]Gianpaolo Ormezzano was born in Turin. Informally named GPO (the acronym of his name), he was the editor of the sports newspaper Tuttosport, columnist of the sports magazine Guerin Sportivo, the newspaper La Stampa and the Catholic magazine Famiglia Cristiana, writer of the children's magazine Il Giornalino, and commentator of many TV programs as a guess sports journalist. Across his life he was always a strong supporter of the Torino FC Italian football club.[3]
Gianpaolo Ormezzano was expecially fond of Italian football, but also of cyclism (he reported the death of the cyclist Fausto Coppi), of Olympics games, and of sport in general: in year 1974 he interviewed Muhammad Ali in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He also followed and documented the historical event of the first Man's landing on the Moon in July 1969 from Cape Canaveral. In private life he was married with three children.
Death
[edit]Ormezzano died on 26 December in Turin, at the age of 89.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Morto Gian Paolo Ormezzano, cronista senza tempo. Aveva 89 anni". La Stampa.it. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Italian Sports Press Union mourns the death of legendary journalist Gianpaolo Ormezzano". www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ ""Toro, lassù qualcuno ti ama" un titolo diventato leggenda nel giornalismo italiano". Messaggero Veneto (in Italian). 27 December 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "È morto a 89 anni il giornalista sportivo Gian Paolo Ormezzano". Il Post (in Italian). 27 December 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.