Giorgio Chianese, who spent his working life in the print shops of Naples newspapers, has died at the age of 79.
Chianese worked first at the daily newspaper Roma and later at Il Mattino's printing plant on Via Chiatamone in Naples. He had been retired for some time before his death.
Colleagues remembered him as a serious and competent worker, guided by strongly held ideals of justice and solidarity.
His career spanned a period of profound change in newspaper production, from linotype composition to more recent printing technologies.
Further biographical details, including the exact date of death, dates of employment, funeral arrangements and family details, were not specified in the reported remembrance, and no independent source was available to corroborate the account.
