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Gds: “Palermo: farewell Vito Maggio, dean of journalists, he was 91 years old. Condolences of the mayor”

Today’s edition of “Il Giornale di Sicilia” focuses on the disappearance of Vito Maggio.

Vito Maggio, a historic sports reporter from Palermo, died yesterday at the age of 91. He has signed the Giornale di Sicilia for over a decade, for which he wrote until 1982, he was for a long time correspondent for the Gazzetta dello Sport, as well as director of TeleSicilia. His initiatives for the development of baseball and softball on the island are linked to his journalistic activity, always in the sports field.

Palermo FC wanted to remember Maggio, expressing its condolences with a note on its official website, participating in the pain of family members. A message also arrived from Mayor Leoluca Orlando: «With the death of Vito Maggio, Italian sports journalism loses one of its greatest exponents. For years, with great professionalism, he talked about the companies of Palermo Calcio but he also committed himself to the realization of projects in favor of publishing and for the promotion of sport. I am close to the pain of the family members to whom I express my condolences ».

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