Emilio Fede
Emilio Fede (24 June 1931 – 2 September 2025) was an Italian anchorman, journalist, and writer. He was the director of TG1 (from 1981 to 1982), Studio Aperto (from 1991 to 1992), and TG4 (from 1992 to 2012).
Emilio Fede

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- Name
- Emilio Fede
- Born
- 24 June 1931
- Birthplace
- Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy
- Died
- 2 September 2025
- Place of death
- Segrate, Italy
- Occupation
- * Anchorman
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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Emilio Fede (24 June 1931 – 2 September 2025) was an Italian anchorman, journalist, and writer. He was the director of TG1 (from 1981 to 1982), Studio Aperto (from 1991 to 1992), and TG4 (from 1992 to 2012).
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Emilio Fede (1931–2025) was a journalist, presenter and writer, of Italian nationality. The journalist was born in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto and died in Segrate. Emilio Fede worked for MFE - MediaForEurope and Rete A. Languages used include Italian.
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• Name — Emilio Fede • Born — 24 June 1931 • Birthplace — Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy • Died — 2 September 2025 • Place of death — Segrate, Italy • Occupation — * Anchorman • journalist • writer • Children — 2
Biography
Biography
Fede was born in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Sicily on 24 June 1931. He spent part of his youth living in nearby San Piero Patti. He started his career in the Italian public broadcasting company (RAI) in the early 1950s, and went on to become one of the most popular faces in its news dominant television market share in Italy. Fede during the direction from 1991 to 2012 of TG4, a news programme on Rete 4, owned by Italian tycoon and former premier Silvio Berlusconi, has been often accused of excessive partisanship for Berlusconi in his news management. Fede was later indicted for favouring prostitution of a minor in the framework of the so-called Rubygate scandal. Fede died on 2 September 2025, at the age of 94.
Assault
Assault
On 24 November 2010, Fede was assaulted at a restaurant in Milan's city centre by Gian Germano Giuliani, the owner of Giuliani Pharmaceuticals.
Prison
Prison
In 2017, Fede was sentenced to jail for three years, six months because of bankruptcy. He was found guilty of pocketing €1.1 million that were supposed to be used to prevent Lele Mora's agency from going bankrupt. The court ordered him to pay back the money immediately.
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Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto.
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Books
• Finché c'è Fede (1997) • Privé. La vita è un gioco (1998) • L'invidiato speciale (1999) • La foglia di fico (2000) • Samba dei ruffiani (2001) • La cena dei cretini (2002) • Ladro d'amore (2003) • Peluche (2005) • Fuori Onda (2006) All published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.

Emilio Fede at don Luigi Verzé's 90th birthday event, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan
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Emilio Fede nel 2016
ArezzoTv · YouTube: Emilio Fede presenta ad Arezzo il suo libro"Se Tornassi ad Arcore" – View/save archived versions on archive.org
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