Health : Medical diagnosis 8 November 2000 (Heart attack) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Death:Other Death 11 May 2001 (Coma from heart attack, age 62 -six days) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Italian journalist and Member of Parliament. He had a heart attack on 11/08/2000 and remained in a coma until 5/11/2001, when he died. Prior to his death, his wife and children asked euthanasia for him, a controversial request in a country that is still primarily Catholic.