He passed away at the age of 89: he was director of Tuttosport and correspondent for La Stampa, he leaves behind his wife and three children. An ironic and brilliant writer, he witnessed a football that no longer exists: the memory of his son Timothy and the condolences of the Piedmont Region
One of the faces of football now definitively disappearedwitness to an era in which you could be a journalist and fan of a team without failing in your professional duties. Gian Paolo passed away at the age of 89 Ormezzanomanaging director of Tuttosport from 1974 to 1979, columnist for Guerin Sportivo and La Stampa and commentator on many television programmes.
Ormezzano and Turin
Ormezzano made his debut on the small screen in 1962, hosting a program for children on figure skating from the Palazzo del Ghiaccio in Turin: he then began working at Tuttosport and was subsequently a correspondent for The Presswho reported the death on 27 December due to an illness in his home in via Sismonda in Turin: “Sports journalism – we read in the newspaper’s note – mourns Gian Paolo Ormezzano, who died yesterday at the age of 89. Signature of La Stampa and Guerin Sportivo, he was managing director of Tuttosport. For decades he has talked about the world of sport and his beloved Turin.” Torino, in fact, his lifelong passion, a team of which he recounted its apogee and decline, fortunes and misfortunes in the shadow of the Mole.
Ormezzano writer
After his retirement in 1991 he continued to work for TV and newspapers, such as Torin courieroe Christian familyand writing sports books such as “Giro d’Italia con delitto”, “La fine del champion”, as well as the three volumes “History of cycling” (winner of the Bancarella Sport), “History of athletics”, “History of football ” And “The Grande Torino” published in 1999 together with Giorgio Tosatti, another big grenade heart. Just to name a few: because Gian Paolo’s pen practically never stopped.
Journalist of the past
He was one of those who made children fall in love with sport, be it football or cycling, and he knew how to speak and write about topics that went even further. In his long career he has witnessed and written about the main sporting events (and not only), come on Rome Games allo moon landingfollowed by sent to Cape Canaveral, by the terrorist attack on the Munich Games 1972 to the world triumph of the Azzurri Bearzot in 1982.
Ormezzano, the memory of his son
He leaves behind his wife and three children, one of which is a journalist, Timothywhich recalled the last Christmas the father spent with his family. “He hadn’t been in good health for some time now but we were lucky and we still enjoyed him at Christmas. On Wednesday 25th, thanks to his great friend Angelo Marello, he was still able to have a few hours at lunch with all his friends. It was a way to say hello to everyone”.
The condolences of the Piedmont Region
“Master of Journalism, he was able to talk about life and sport with a unique pen: brilliant, direct, imbued with depth. Those who love sport waited for his always ironic and sometimes provocative but highly intelligent comments. With Ormezzano goes a piece of sporting culture and journalistic literature”. Thus the Sports Councilor of the Piedmont Region, Marina Chiarelli. “Ormezzano was an unsurpassed observer of life, who with acute style taught us to see beyond the result. Our warmest thoughts and closeness go to his family in this moment of great pain. We remain privileged to have read him, to have learned from his ability to observe the world with acumen, passion andmore banal irony“, concludes Chiarelli
Source: sport.virgilio.it
