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Remembering his life and legacy
Corriere Canadese and Tandem founder Dan Iannuzzi passes away at the age of 70
Originally Published: 2004-11-28
Dan Iannuzzi, founder of Corriere Canadese and Tandem, passed away on November 20 in Rome. The news immediately reached Canada, raising great sorrow and grief for the passing of a person who had done much for this country and for our community.
Iannuzzi died of a heart attack at Rome's San Camillo Hospital where he had been brought Saturday morning.
Born in Montreal in 1934, Iannuzzi, third-generation Canadian, moved to Toronto and immediately launched in the world of media, offering to the growing Italian-Canadian community a solid reference that managed to last for over half a century, and counting.
A few months ago, in fact, Iannuzzi himself had taken part in the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the founding of Corriere Canadese.
From the moment the news of his death began to spread, our switchboard has rung incessantly: from politicians, businesspeople, but mostly common citizens who wanted to pay tribute to someone whom they felt close for over 50 years.
The first official communiqué of condolences came from the Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Martin. Martin called Iannuzzi "a giant in the field of Canadian media."
From the Italian ambassador to Canada, Marco Colombo, "we lost a protagonist who had great human qualities," while Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty remarked, "Iannuzzi left a mark of great civic stature."
Daniel Andrew Iannuzzi, third-generation Canadian of Italian heritage, was born in Montreal but spent the last 50 years in Toronto. He manifested his commitment and loyalty to the community and to Canada from a young age, when he enlisted in the Canadian Grenadier Guards at 18.
With his long background in journalism, politics, human rights and public affairs, and extensive experience in publishing and broadcasting, Dan Iannuzzi devoted his whole life and career to the media industry, with particular regard to multicultural media.
He was a founding shareholder, director and executive producer of multilingual programming for Toronto's CityTV from 1972 to 1979. In 1979, Iannuzzi founded Channel 47 CFMT-TV (today's OMNI), Canada's first regional multilingual TV station, and steered it for 10 years as President.
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