(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 7 -
A noted Turinese events organiser and PR company owner committed
suicide Sunday by throwing himself into Rome's River Tiber and
drowning amid a spate of economic difficulties.
Paolo Piccardo, 53, was with a friend who jumped in too and
tried to save his life but failed.
The manager had been suffering from depression, sources close to
him said.
Piccardo, promoter of a string of high-profile Turin night-life
events in the 1980s and 1990s, in 1980 founded Wide
Communication, a company that promoted his events via thousands
of news kiosks across Italy.
He reportedly threw himself off Ponte Garibaldi bridge after a
lunch with friends and their respective partners.
The friend who tried to save Piccardo was taken to hospital with
mild hypothermia.
He has already been discharged.
One message on social media said "(Piccardo) was for me the
epitome of Turin nights in the 90s, he was fun and discos, he
was nights that ended at dawn, he was excess.You don't meet many
characters like that in your life. I remember him with
affection. And I hope he found peace".
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