Angelo Rizzoli (12 November 1943 – 11 December 2013) was an

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and publisher. He was son of

Andrea Rizzoli Andrea Rizzoli (Milan, September 16, 1914 - Nice, May 31, 1983) was an Italian entrepreneur, publisher and film producer. He was the son of Angelo Rizzoli, president of the publishing house RCS MediaGroup, the first Italian publishing group in the ...

, president of the

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publishing house, and grandson of

Angelo Rizzoli Angelo Rizzoli, OML (; 31 October 1889 – 24 September 1970) was an Italian publisher and film producer. Early life Rizzoli was born in Milan on 31 October 1889. Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, he rose to prosperity. He apprent ...

who founded the Italian publishing group

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, later becoming RCS MediaGroup.

Biography

Angelo Rizzoli Jr. was born in

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, Italy on 12 November 1943. At age 18 he discovered that he had been affected by

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, which left him a disability to the right hand and leg. Following the death of Angelo Rizzoli, at age 28 he became part of the family business and was named the head of the board of directors. Four years later, RCS MediaGroup purchased Italy's most circulated newspaper, ''

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'', a move that would place him under the interest of the

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. In 1981 the ''Corriere Della Sera'' was cited among the organizations part of the Propaganda Due scandals. In 1983 he was arrested, detained, and absolved thirteen months later after the Irish supreme court ruled that the funds had alluded to be retained by Rizzoli were in fact withdrawn by Zirka Corp and hidden within a

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bank account in Zurich, ruling out Rizzoli's role in the scandal. He later founded Rizzoli Audiovisivi, through which he produced television series for the Italian television networks

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and

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. In 1987, he came back for the big production slate through his new company Errefilm, which is only a hint of the rich film and television program the former head of the Rizzoli publishing empire the company had assembled during the past few years, through the October 12 start of '' Love and Fear'', and named for the producer's initial, but also could stand for the word "reborn". In 1991 he married Melania De Nichilo, a medical doctor of the

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and later

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. He had three sons, Andrea Rizzoli, Arrigo Rizzoli, and Alberto Rizzoli. Rizzoli was arrested in February 2013 on

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charges related to his business dealings. Despite a series of illnesses including multiple sclerosis,

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, and

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, he denied domiciliary arrest and held in the Sandro Pertini detention care facility without access to physical therapy, which would permanently undermine his ability to walk. After five months he was released and transferred to the Gemelli hospital due to deteriorating health conditions, where he died on 11 December 2013.

Bibliography

* Alberto Mazzuca, ''La Erre verde'', Longanesi 1991. * Pialuisa Bianco, "Schiavo d'un sindacato potente come un soviet", ''L'Europeo'', n° 17 del 26 aprile 1991.

References

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1943 births 2013 deaths Italian book publishers (people)