Her last words of Laura Mambelli before she died were ”Grazie…”.
To pay homage to the TG1 journalist Laura Mambelli, almost 11 years after her death Canale21 will air a special VG21 News marathon of 1 hour with the conduct of Margherita Salemme, Nello Mazzone and Francesca Romana Elisei: It will have 2 parts, with the first part with reproduced clips from the Mambelli who died almost 11 years ago at TG1 between 2007-2011, then in the second part they will talk about it’s news and story based on her until 8:00 pm, while SuperSport 21 will take the place on VG21.
The historic TV news host and journalist on Rai 1 died at the age of 50 on her birthday, January 22, 2011, after a short illness.
Mambelli began her career in print by collaborating with various newspapers, including Paese Sera and Corriere della Sera, before moving on to TV.
She joined Rai in the early 90s, for Tg1 she had worked for a long time as a news correspondent following among the many cases the kidnapping of Giuliana Sgrena, the flood of Messina, the earthquake of San Giuliano di Puglia and the story linked to the violence of the Pistoia kindergarten. Finally she was able to conduct the study of the editions between that of the night and that of 13.30.
For two seasons she had also collaborated on Michele Santoro’s show, Annozero.