The journalist, screenwriter and author died this morning in a hospital in Rome, “following a brief fulminant illness”. Andrea Purgatori. He was born on February 1, 1953. The news was announced to Ansa by his children Edoardo, Ludovico, Victoria and by the family, represented by the Cau law firm. For years to Corriere della Sera where he took care of terrorism, intelligence, crimehe devoted himself with tenacity to Ustica Massacre in 1980. Author of reports, he successfully hosted on La7 Atlantis. Professor of screenwriting, among his latest works is participation in the Netflix documentary Daughter of the Vatican, on the case of Emanuela Orlandi.
“A brilliant mind – underline the family members destroyed by pain – of whom we recently recalled on the show La 7 Atlantiswhere he was an author and presenter, and in earlier times, correspondent in war zones and author of the most important Italian judicial investigations, then again author and screenwriter of numerous films and television series including The rubber wall, Fortapasc And The boy judges.
“One of my closest friends” he defines it Corrado Guzzanti on Instagram, with whom Purgatori had collaborated on several films. “Great journalist, great author, companion of many madnesses like “The Scafroglia Affair”, “The Fascists on Mars” and “Aniene”. A hug to all those who loved him, and there are so many,” Guzzanti wrote again.
Speaking in the House, at the Palais Madame, Democratic Party Senator Valter Verini highlighted the importance of Purgatori's work in investigative journalism: “Many investigations into hot cases of domestic and international terrorism and important current events are due to him. He investigated Ustica and discovered the truth about the rubber wall built around this tragedy. He was responsible for the film's script Fortapasc or the movie The boy judges on Rosario Livatino. He led Atlantiswork on Corriere della Sera. Purgatori honored investigative journalism. His death represents a serious loss for the country. »
