Controversial ex Benetton
photographer Oliviero Toscani told Corriere della Sera Wednesday
he had a terminal disease called amyloidosis and did not know
how long he had to live.
"I've lost 40kg in a year...I don't know how long I have left to
live, but I'm not interested in living like this anyway," said
the 82-year-old, adding that he was thinking of calling his
friend Marco Cappato, a right-to-die activist who has
accompanied many Italians to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland
despite euthanasia being officially banned in Italy.
Toscani, who courted controversy with Benetoon photo campaigns
showing an AIDS sufferer as a pietà and three identical hearts
labelled black, white and yellow, as well as others against war,
religion and capital punishment, said he would like to be
remembered "not for any one photo but for my whole work, for the
commitment".
Amyloidosis is a rare disease characterized by a build-up of
abnormal protein deposits in the body.
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