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Zanardi to be buried, mother Anna reveals sudden final hours

May 4 Alessandro ‘Alex' Zanardi will be laid to rest in Padua on Tuesday following a public memorial service, as his family begins to come to terms with his sudden death. The ceremony will take place at the Basilica of Santa Giustina, with the funeral led by Father Marco Pozza, a close friend of the late 59-year-old Italian. Zanardi's death shocked the motorsport world, particularly given the lack of public updates on his condition since his serious hand-cycling accident in 2020. Speaking to La Repubblica, his mother Anna described how sudden the former Formula 1 driver's passing was. 'I haven't slept. I'm very tired. At noon he was fine, by evening he was gone,' she said. 'We don't...
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