| 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.
He worked as a farmer, bricklayer and gardener before his retirement.
He married a woman called Elena (born 1912). The couple had two children (including Rosanna). His wife died at the age of 56.
He drove a car until he was age 94.
By April 2021, he had already received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
As of April 2021, he had three grandchildren (including Roselena Nigro (aged 47)) and many great-grandchildren (the youngest is three years old and the oldest is 38)
He became the oldest known living man in Italy, following the death of 109-year-old Gaudenzio Nobili on 14 November 2021. Venturi lived with his daughter Rosanna (aged 85 in April 2021).
Venturi died in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy on 26 November 2021 at the age of 109 years, 227 days.
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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
- È morto Giuseppe Venturi, 109 anni: era l'uomo più anziano d'Italia Bologna Repubblica, 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 |