Fiorentina president Rocco Commisso has died. The announcement on the company’s website violates. “With great pain and sadness, the Commisso family with his wife Catherine, his children Giuseppe and Marisa and his sisters Italia and Raffaelina, announce the passing of President Rocco B. Commisso. After a prolonged period of treatment, our beloved President left us and today we all mourn his passing”.
Commisso, 76, died in the USA where he lived. In the long statement published on the Fiorentina website we read: “For his family he was an example, a guide, a loyal and faithful man who alongside his wife Catherine reached the milestone of 50 years of marriage and with his children he was a stern and lovable father, as was his character, sweet and decisive” while “his love for Fiorentina was the most beautiful thing he gave himself, spending unforgettable days with the boys and girls of the youth teams, with a caress and a smile always for everyone. Unstoppable, he worked until his last days, dedicating himself to his companies Mediacom and Fiorentina and to their future.”
“Football was his love and Fiorentina became it seven years ago when Rocco took command of the Viola club and began to love his fans, the colors and the city of Florence”: “Under his guidance Fiorentina reached two Conference League finals and one Italian Cup final.”
ANSA Agency‘Call me Rocco’ he had simply told everyone, with his extraordinary empathy. And he has always been close to Florence and the Florentines, in everyday life and even in the most difficult period of the Covid emergency when the ‘Forza e Cuore‘ campaign allocated huge donations to the city’s hospitals. Rocco B.
Commisso Viola Park, Fiorentina’s home” built on the outskirts of the Tuscan capital, “will live forever bearing his name”.
The Commisso family, concludes the note, “would like to thank all those who were close to him in these delicate moments and is certain that the memory and memory of Rocco will remain forever in the hearts of the many people who loved him and who spent difficult and beautiful moments with him.
A big thought in such a sad moment goes to all the people of Fiorentina, staff, players, employees, to all the people who knew Rocco, to all the purple people and above all to all those boys and girls who will continue to bring the purple colors and the memory of our Rocco to Italy and the world.
We miss you and will always miss you.”
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