After a long illness, the journalist and writer Roberto Gervaso, author among other things of famous popular volumes on the history of Italy signed with Indro Montanelli, died today in Milan. He died in hospital at the age of 82: he was born in Rome on 9 July 1937. He leaves his wife Vittoria and his daughter Veronica, a journalist for Tg5.
"You were the greatest, most cultured and ironic writer I have ever known. And I was lucky enough to be your daughter. I am sure you will tell your splendid aphorisms even up there. I will always carry you with me. Goodbye". With this post on Twitter Vittoria Gervaso, a Tg5 journalist, recalled her father Roberto, a successful journalist and writer who died today in Milan at the age of 82.