Gianni Minà died at the age of 84 after a short heart disease. This was announced by the Facebook profile of the well-known journalist and television presenter.
The post on Facebook
“He left us after a short heart disease. He was never left alone, and was surrounded by the love of his family and closest friends. A special thanks goes to Prof. Fioranelli and the staff of the Villa del Rosario clinic who gave us the freedom to say goodbye with serenity”.
The carreer
Born in Turin, he began his career as a journalist in 1959 at Tuttosport, while the following year he made his debut at Rai collaborating in the creation of sports reports on the Olympic Games in Rome (1960). Having landed at «Sprint», a sports magazine directed by Maurizio Barendson, starting from 1965 he worked on documentaries and investigations for numerous programs, including «Tv7», «AZ, un fact how and why», «Dribbling», «Odeon. Everything that makes a show» and «Gulliver».
With Renzo Arbore and Maurizio Barendson he founded «L’altra Domenica», and in 1976 he was hired by «Tg2» directed by Andrea Barbato. In 1981 he won the “Premio Saint Vincent” as the best television journalist of the year. After collaborating with Giovanni Minoli on «Mixer», he made his debut as host of «Blitz», a Raidue program of which he was also the author, welcoming guests such as Eduardo De Filippo, Federico Fellini, Jane Fonda, Enzo Ferrari and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Minà followed eight soccer World Cups and seven Olympics, as well as dozens of boxing world championships, including the historic ones from the time of Muhammad Ali on whom he also wrote a book. In 1987 Minà became famous all over the world for a sixteen-hour interview with Fidel Castrothe Cuban president, for a documentary from which a book is based: the report entitled Fidel talks about Che.
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