AND Sammy Basso died at the age of 28. He was the longest-lived patient with the disease in the world Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndromean ultra-rare disease characterized by “premature aging”. Sammy Basso had just won the Rizzi Prize, an award given to people who help us understand the times we live in and its complexities. That of October 4 was the 14th edition of Paolo Rizzi Prize, created to commemorate a historic signing of Gazette. Scientist, writer and activist, a few days ago, Sammy he won the Rizzi prize in Venice in the “Environment and Society” category for “the will, the spirit of sacrifice, the courage which supports it: a fine example to look at with admiration and gratitude and to try to imitate”.
Three sections, journalism, art, society. This year's winners were the deputy director of Corriere della Sera, Federico Fubinithe writer Melanie Mazzucco, That he dedicated part of his work to the Venetian painter Tintoretto, and the activist Sammy Basso. Suffering from a very rare genetic disease, progeria, he devoted his life to spreading the culture of research.
In the Tgr Veneto report, interviews with Sammy Basso and Melania Mazzucco
