Ernesto Assante, historic Repubblica signature - Ultima ora, has died. He had recently turned 66 on February 12th.

Born in Naples in 1958, after his collaboration with ilmanifesto he began writing for the newspaper. He was sent until 2021 and responsible for the supplements Musica, Computer Valley and Computer, Internet e Altro. He directed McLinke Kataweb. On TV he was a consultant and author of numerous programs, including Sanremo.