Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Gaeton Fonzi, American Hero, has Passed
#1
The war for truth and justice in the wake of JFK's assassination has lost a true hero.

Gaeton Fonzi has passed.

The information below was posted elsewhere earlier today:

Gaeton Fonzi, 76, of Satellite Beach, died peacefully on Thursday, August 30 surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by Marie, his wife of 55 years, four children (Irene, Guy, Maria, and Christopher) and their spouses (Jeff, Dolly, Victor and Gina), eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Mr. Fonzi's fame as an investigative journalist earned him a place on the Senate and House Committees which investigated the JFK assassination and subsequently resulted in the publication of his book The Last Investigation in 1993 which is highly critical of the Warren Commission Report. His book was considered by many critics as among the best books on the subject and he was recognized as a respected authority on those aspects of the assassination involving anti-Castro Cubans and the intelligence agencies.

Previous to his involvement investigating the assassination, Mr. Fonzi was Senior Editor of Philadelphia Magazine, where he wrote over 100 major feature articles and won the magazine's first national journalism award. During this time, he published Annenberg: a Biography of Power and was featured in Best Magazine Articles 1968.

An honors journalism graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fonzi served in the US Army Infantry and rose to Captain in a Civil Affairs reserve unit. Upon moving to Miami in 1972, Mr. Fonzi became editor of Miami Magazine and senior editor of its sister publication, Gold Coast. Throughout his career, Mr. Fonzi wrote for New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Penthouse, Avenue Magazine, the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune. He won numerous awards including two local Sigma Delta Chi Awards and a National Sigma Delta Chi Award.

Mass to be held at 11am on Tuesday, September 4 at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, 3050 North Hwy.
A1A, Indialantic, Florida. Luncheon reception at 1:00 p.m., at City Tropics Bistro, 249 Fifth Avenue, Indialantic, Fla. (321) 723-1300
Reply


Messages In This Thread
Gaeton Fonzi, American Hero, has Passed - by Charles Drago - 30-08-2012, 09:04 PM

Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Stanley Marks: Forgotten Hero Jim DiEugenio 2 3,600 18-06-2020, 07:26 AM
Last Post: Jim DiEugenio
  H.P. Albarelli has passed away. Anthony Thorne 95 76,179 17-02-2020, 05:12 AM
Last Post: Anthony Thorne
  John Kenneth Galbraith: A Hero in our Time Jim DiEugenio 25 24,417 21-11-2018, 03:24 AM
Last Post: James Lateer
  Jim DiEugenio Critiques CNN's American Dynasties Jim DiEugenio 0 14,063 20-07-2018, 09:40 PM
Last Post: Jim DiEugenio
  Has Pierre Finck passed on? Jim DiEugenio 1 7,243 08-05-2018, 11:46 AM
Last Post: Nathaniel Heidenheimer
  Eugene Dinkin: The Saga of an Unsung Hero Jim DiEugenio 2 5,922 24-10-2017, 06:16 AM
Last Post: Jim DiEugenio
  Did Dillard film American-born LEE Oswald on sixth floor? Jim Hargrove 9 9,503 12-04-2017, 05:02 AM
Last Post: Jim DiEugenio
  Sylvia Odio interview with Fonzi Jim DiEugenio 17 11,498 07-11-2016, 02:49 PM
Last Post: Scott Kaiser
  Howard Willens and The American Scholar Jim DiEugenio 2 3,560 22-10-2016, 02:25 AM
Last Post: Jim DiEugenio
  JFK, RFK and Some Myths About American Foreign Policy Keith Millea 16 8,635 09-02-2014, 03:28 AM
Last Post: Marc Ellis

Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)