Tito Stagno (4 January 1930 – 1 February 2022) was an Italian journalist, television writer and presenter.
Life and career
Born in
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
,
Sardinia, Stagno started his career as a sports commentator in Radio Cagliari and as a reporter in Radiosera.
[Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. "Stagno, Tito". ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. p. 699. .] In 1954 he was employed at
RAI, making his official debut one year later with the program ''Viaggio in Sardegna''.
Starting from 1956 he specialized as a play-by-play commentator, covering sport, political and space events.
He is best known in his home country as the commentator of the
1969 Moon landing
Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module ''Eagle'' on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and ...
.
Stagno was also a television writer of documentaries and sport programs.
He was the head of the RAI sport department between 1976 and 1979, and between 1976 and 1995 he was head writer of the long-running Sunday sport program ''
La Domenica Sportiva
''La Domenica Sportiva'' is an Italian television sport programme. It has being broadcast since 1953, it has being one of RAI, Rai's longest running television shows.
References
External links
*Official site
1953 Italian television series ...
'', which he also hosted for a number of seasons.
He named the asteroid
110702 Titostagno.
He died on 1 February 2022, at the age of 92.
References
External links
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1930 births
2022 deaths
Grand Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Italian journalists
Italian sports commentators
Italian television presenters
People from Cagliari