| Giuseppe Venturi | |
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| Birth: | 13 April 1912 Marzabotto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Death: | 26 November 2021 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Age: | 109 years, 227 days |
| Country: |  ITA
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| Centenarian | |
Giuseppe Venturi (13 April 1912 – 26 November 2021) was an Italian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Italy, following the death of Gaudenzio Nobili until his death. But he was the second-oldest known living man born in Italy, after Delio Venturotti of Brazil.
Biography[]
Giuseppe Venturi was born in Marzabotto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy on 13 April 1912. One of his brothers, Elio, died as a partisan in Montefiorino during the World War II.
During his life he worked as a farmer, bricklayer and gardener before his retirement.
He married a woman called Elena (born 1912), who died at the age of 56. The couple had two children, including Rosanna (aged 85 in April 2021), with whom Venturi lived in his last years.
In his old age, Venturi remained very active and lucid. He drove his car until he was 94, and he also loved carving small wooden and terracotta figurines, a passion that had developed while he was in hiding during the World War II. Thanks to this passion, at the age of 100 he held his first art exhibition.
In January and April 2021, he received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
As of April 2021, he had three grandchildren and many great-grandchildren (the youngest was three years old and the oldest was 38).
Giuseppe Venturi became the oldest known living man in Italy, following the death of 109-year-old Gaudenzio Nobili on 14 November 2021.
Giuseppe Venturi died in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy on 26 November 2021 at the age of 109 years, 227 days due to bronchitis. At that time he was among the top 10 oldest known living men in Europe. The title of oldest living man in Emilia-Romagna went to Fernando Atti (17 November 1913 - 23 April 2022). While Tripolino Giannini become the oldest living man in Italy.
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References[]
- Giuseppe Venturi, il nonno di tutti. A 104 anni scolpisce statuette in legno Il Resto del Carlino, 17 April 2016
- Bologna, il super nonno Giuseppe Venturi compie 105 anni Il Resto del Carlino, 14 April 2017
- La storia del nonno bolognese classe 1912 che ha compiuto 107 anni Vista Agenzia Televisiva Nazionale (Youtube), 19 April 2019
- Giuseppe al traguardo dei 108 anni Ha festeggiato con un video-party Il Resto del Carlino, 14 April 2020
- Nonno Giuseppe, oggi 109 anni: "Ho visto la Spagnola, il Covid è peggio della guerra. Ma ora sono vaccinato" Bologna Repubblica, 13 April 2021
- Bologna, Giuseppe Venturi compie 109 anni e completa la vaccinazione covid Trc Bologna, 14 April 2021
- Dopo Guerre Mondiali e pandemie, Giuseppe Venturi muore a 109 anni Il Resto del Carlino, 7 December 2021
- Morto Giuseppe Venturi, l'uomo più anziano d'Italia: chi è, la storia, il ricordo della moglie Virgilio Notizie, 7 December 2021
| Italy's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Battista Beghelli • Giuseppe Jussig • Francesco Paba • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Vincenzo Pintorno • Unknown • Leonardo Tamasi • Ulrico Miani • Beniamino Vitone • Pasquale Capella • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Francesco Carlino • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Paolo Gioletta • Giovanni Ferzini • Antonio Giacchetti • Giuseppe Varagona • Domenico Minervino • Constanzo Tizzano • Saverio Russo • Filippo Mogavero • Adelmo Meoni • Giuseppe Pinna • Valentino Stella • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Todde • Giovanni Frau • Pasquale Frasconi • Carlo Orelli • Carmine Alfano • Luigi Rava • Dante Gavagnin • Italo Sarrocco • Delfino Borroni • Carlo Dozzi • Giovanni Ligato • Giuseppe Mirabella • Arturo Licata • Salvatore Caruso • Valerio Piroddi • Andrea Lattari • Lorenzo Berzero • Luigi Tomasi • Salvatore Cavallo • Giovanni Quarisa • Giovanni La Penna • Antonino Turturici • Gaudenzio Nobili • Giuseppe Venturi • Tripolino Giannini • Michele Cicora • Vitantonio Lovallo |