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Oliviero Toscani

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Oliviero Toscani
Toscani in 2007
Born
Oliviero Toscani

(1942-02-28)28 February 1942
Died13 January 2025(2025-01-13) (aged 82)
Cecina, Italy
OccupationPhotographer
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
SpouseKirsti Toscani
Children3

Oliviero Toscani (28 February 1942 – 13 January 2025) was an Italian photographer.[1] He was known for designing controversial advertising campaigns for Italian brand Benetton from 1982 to 2000.[2][3]

Toscani was hospitalised on 10 January 2025 in Cecina, Italy for problems caused by amyloidosis.[4][5] He died three days later on 13 January, at the age of 82.[6][7]

References

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  1. Current Biography Yearbook 1999 Elizabeth A. Schick – 1998– Page 571
  2. Prayer Graeme Garrett, Oliviero Toscani – 2000
  3. Tungate, Adland: A Global History of Advertising pp 138–43
  4. "Oliviero Toscani's Conditions Worsen, His Wife: "Road of No Return"". L'Unione Sarda English. 2025-01-12. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  5. "Oliviero Toscani's Struggle with Rare Disease". www.ilmessaggero.it. 2025-01-10. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  6. "Oliviero Toscani, photographer behind shock Benetton ads, dead at 82". Yahoo News. 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  7. "Italy's Benetton ad photographer Toscani dies: family". France 24. 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-13.