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Instead of these three great names, the long roll of "Immortals" contains such unfamiliar names as Tittoni, Digiacomo, Beltramelli...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Immortals | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

...named Tommaso Tittoni, was stricken with paralysis. A prominent member, Professor Alfredo Trombetti, went swimming at the Lido last summer, drowned in the lukewarm Adriatic. Giocchino Volpe, secretary of the academy, has had three recent operations on his defective ear. But of all the academicians, most luckless is Antonio Beltramelli, Fascist author of Il Uomo Nuovo, "The New Man," a paeon praising Il Duce. To celebrate his immortality he dyed his remaining hair a rich and glossy black. The hair dye soaked into his skull, affected his brain, according to his doctor. Previously he had married a lady, described...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Immortals | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

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