(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 16 - "The people we love would never want to leave us. But it happens. My father has always managed to unite while maintaining his opinions. In these days we have been surprised by messages, articles, full not pain but of love, a feeling which remains and is transformed into value. And values are eternal ": a moved Alberto Angela recalled his father Piero, who died on August 13, speaking in the Sala della Protomoteca del Campidoglio where the funeral home is set up.
"The last thing he physically said, the communiqué, with little effort, my sister and I collected and transcribed.
It was as if he were talking to his friends, he addressed his audience, who loved him ", he continued in front of the coffin covered with red reds, and surrounded by so many crowns." He taught us many things, with books and broadcasts, but also with the example: in the last days he taught me not to be afraid of death.
The serenity of him really struck me.
He left satisfied, like when you get up after a dinner with friends ", he added, addressing the many people present, including in addition to the mayor Gualtieri and the governor Zingaretti, also the president of Rai Marinella Soldi and the CEO of Rai CarloFuortes . "He looked reserved but had a fire inside.
He will continue to live through books, broadcasts and records and in all those kids who seek excellence with sacrifice, in seekers, in people who seek to unite, who seek the beauty of nature and savor life.
His is a legacy not physical but of attitude in life.
He told us to do our part, and now I too will try to play my part ", concluded Alberto Angela, whose speech was sealed by a very long applause. (ANSA).