The Argentinian-born, Italian journalist put in 5 phrases as the head of the corporation behind the Golden Globes.
Lorenzo Soria, who served 5 conditions as president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, died peacefully at his dwelling in Los Angeles on Friday, in accordance to a loved ones member. He was 68.
Soria experienced battled lung cancer.
The superior-natured Soria headed the HFPA — the corporation powering the annual Golden World Awards — in 2003-04, 2004-05, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2019-20. He joined the group in 1989 and served on its board for years.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1951, Soria was 11 when his spouse and children moved to Milan pursuing the dying of his father. He edited and wrote for the Italian publications L’Espresso (commencing in 1977) and La Stampa and experienced lived in Los Angeles because 1982. He was a Fulbright scholar.
Soria “included politics, engineering, modern society and other topics,” the HFPA stated in a statement, “but what he loved most were being his interviews with Hollywood talent and reporting about tendencies and modifications in the film and television marketplace.”
On Instagram, Venice Global Film Festival director Alberto Barbera named Soria “a attractive human being, variety, handy, generous. Rare traits, not seriously recurrent specially in the ecosystem to which it belonged. For this he experienced gained the respect and affection of all.”
Survivors consist of his spouse, Lilla son Max sister Donatella and mom Diana.
“He was deeply dedicated to the movie industry’s power to heal the environment and shine a spotlight on injustice,” his relatives explained. Aspects about a memorial “will stick to in the coming times.”
