Paola Fallaci, the youngest of the three sisters, journalists and writers, died at the age of 83. The eldest daughter of Edoardo Fallaci and Tosca Cantini was Oriana (1929-2006), followed by Neera (1932-1984); Paola was born in 1938 and had collaborated on “Tempo” and “Oggi”, but always living in the bulky shadow of Oriana, the most famous sister. With the exception of a moment of stardom as a guest on the television program “Domenica in”, Paola has always remained out of the limelight, until, after Oriana’s death, she had waged a long legal battle for the family inheritance that the ‘had also opposed one of his two sons, Edoardo Perazzi, appointed by his famous aunt as his executor.
Ill for some time, Paola Fallaci had retired to live in the country house in Casole, on the hills of Greve in Chianti (Florence), and she died in the utmost secrecy. It was the son Antonio Perazzi who announced the disappearance with a post on Facebook dated December 6: “Last night my mother Paola Fallaci, journalist, feminist, mother died. To be close to her, we spent two incredible years close to her, among nature extraordinary of Piuca, infinite memories and great projects. Her mother was a bizarre, radical, very sentimental person: we genuinely loved each other. With her, every root with my family of origin melts and the surname Fallaci is lost even if I, Benedetta and all our children know well all the value of my family and we will keep its history with pride and gratitude. Mom: do you remember when I was a child and you woke me up in the middle of the night to go and see the shooting stars, hugging each other, on the Casole staircase ? I still have the memory of the affectionate scent of jasmine. Goodnight mom: we will meet again in the garden “. The Florentine lawyer Francesco Brizzi, who had assisted her in her judicial diatribes, consulted by time.news, expressed “great sorrow” for the disappearance of Paola Fallaci, stressing that she was not aware of the death.
A love-hate relationship between Paola and Oriana marked long stretches of their family life, which resulted in a legal battle over the will of the author of “Letter to an unborn child” and “Insciallah” who had designated her grandson as the universal heir. favorite, Edoardo, excluding his sister and the other nephew Antonio.
In 2007 Paola Fallaci announced her opposition to the posthumous publication of Oriana’s unfinished novel, “A hat full of cherries” (Rizzoli, 2008), the story of the author’s family between 1773 and 1889, decided instead by Edoardo, who then he even defined “ex-son” and interrupted any kind of relationship with him. In 2008 Paola claimed that Oriana had died “with euthanasia”, arousing controversy and denials.
In 2011 Paola Fallaci with her son Antonio presented a complaint to the Florence Public Prosecutor’s Office challenging Oriana’s will, claiming that there would be a false signature at the bottom. After a battle of appraisals and counter-appraisals that lasted four years, in 2015 the judge of the Court of Florence, Angelo Antonio Pezzuti, ordered the filing of the investigation relating to Oriana Fallaci’s will, confirming Edoardo as the sole heir of his aunt.