ITALY: FUNERAL OF ALDO GUCCI -- LAST SURVIVING SON OF LUXURY FASHION HOUSE FOUNDER GUCCIO GUCCI

Record ID: 200470

  • Title: ITALY: FUNERAL OF ALDO GUCCI -- LAST SURVIVING SON OF LUXURY FASHION HOUSE FOUNDER GUCCIO GUCCI
  • Date: 24th January 1990
  • Summary: ROME, ITALY (JANUARY 24, 1990) 1. GVS: CLOSED GUCCI SHOP WITH TOURISTS OUTSIDE (2 SHOTS) 0.14 2. GV: MOURNERS WITH WREATHS OUTSIDE CHURCH 0.17 3. GV: COFFIN TAKEN INTO CHURCH FOLLOWED BY MOURNERS 0.41 4. GV, SV MOURNERS INSIDE CHURCH (2 SHOTS) 0.55 5. GV COFFIN WITH MOURNERS IN PEWS 1.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 8th February 1990 12:00
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  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAFE1FL8MM9F0UNYOJ1LXOU7DU
  • Story Text: ROME, ITALY

    The funeral of Aldo Gucci, last surviving son of the founder of the luxury Italian fashion house Guccio Gucci, took place in Rome on Monday (22/1).

    Aldo Gucci died of cancer on Friday (19/1) in Rome after falling into a coma the day before. His death came after a long illness.

    His father Guccio Gucci founded the company some eighty years ago. Its distinctive "GG" insignia became a byword for expensive and high quality fashion items and his fashion house has been patronised by the rich and the famous.

    A company spokesman said Aldo Gucci, who supervised the company's operations in the United States, sold his 40 per cent stake in the company before his death.

    A former president of the company, Aldo Gucci was formerly involved in a swirl of controversy over the company's finances. In January 1986, he pleaded guilty to evading more than seven million dollars in US taxes and served a year in prison.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - GIANFRANCO STARA</strong>
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