Enzo Baldoni
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Enzo G. Baldoni | |
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Born | Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy | October 8, 1948
Disappeared | August 19, 2004 (aged 55) Najaf, Iraq |
Died | August 26, 2004 | (aged 55)
Cause of death | Execution |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer | Diario |
Spouse | Married |
Children | Two children |
Enzo G. Baldoni (October 8, 1948 – August 26, 2004) was an Italian journalist working freelance and for the Italian news magazine Diario before being kidnapped and killed in captivity as captured on video by his captors.[1] Baldoni was one of two Italians kidnapped in Iraq.[2]
Personal life
Baldoni was born in
Career
Baldoni had started his career in diverse jobs including working as a mason (in Belgium), a gymnastics professor, photographer, interpreter and laboratory technician.[citation needed] He then moved into advertising, working for the advertising agency Le balene colpiscono ancora ("The whales strike again").[citation needed] Finally, he became a freelance journalist. He was also a translator, and was responsible for the Italian translation of Doonesbury comic strips.
Kidnapping and death
He was kidnapped near
See also
References
- ^ "Profile: Enzo Baldoni". BBC News. 2004-08-27. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ "Italy deplores Iraq hostage death". BBC News. 2004-08-27. Retrieved 2012-09-06.