Arrigo Petacco (7 August 1929 – 3 April 2018) was an Italian writer, historian and journalist. He was born in Castelnuovo Magra, Italy. He was special envoy, editor-in-chief and executive director of La Nazione and La Storia Illustrata, and author of the homonymous monthly television program on the RAI.[1]
In 1983, he won the Saint Vincent award for journalism and in 2006, received the Capo d'Orlando prize even for journalism.
Petacco died in Porto Venere, Italy on 3 April 2018 of liver cancer at the age of 88.[2]