The world of journalism mourns Gianfranco Giubilo, who passed away today at the age of 89 on his birthday. Among the various memories, also that of Rome which on its website expresses condolences for the disappearance of the historic signature of ‘Il Tempo’ and a well-known face at Aldo Biscardi’s Monday trial. A gentleman journalist, he was one of the founders of the Giallorossi Hall of Fame during a long career – especially dealing with Roma – in which he became one of the most authoritative names in the panorama of sports journalism in Italy.
«AS Roma – writes the Giallorossi club – mourns the death of Maestro Gianfranco Giubilo. Historical signature of Italian journalism, he was one of the founders of the Hall of Fame ». Gianfranco Giubilo belonged to a family of journalists starting with his father Giuseppe and was brother of Alberto, the best known for his very long militancy in the Rai, history of horse racing and horse riding, of Corrado, a football player for Rome between the thirties and fifties, and by Sergio, also a sports reporter at Rai