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** FILE ** In this Dec. 13, 2008 file photo Italian journalist Candido Cannavo' is seen prior to the presentation of the Tour of Italy Giro d'Italia cycling race, at La Fenice theater in Venice, Italy. Candido Cannavo', one of Italy's leading sports journalists and a former director of the Gazzetta dello Sport, died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. He was 78. Cannavo died at the Santa Rita clinic in Milan, where he was recently taken following a stroke. The Sicilian-born Cannavo directed Gazzetta from 1983-2002 and continued writing a column in the newspaper up until his death. He was to be mourned with a minute's silence at all Italian sports events Sunday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno/File)