Claudio Graziano

Graziano lived in Rome with his wife Marisa Lanucara, who died in 2023. Graziano had no children.^[5]

Graziano was found dead from a gunshot wound in his home in Rome on 17 June 2024.^[6] He left a suicide note dedicated to his wife who had died the previous year, in which he stated, "Without Marisa, I've lost my way."^[7]

The funeral took place on the morning of June 21, 2024, in the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Maritiri, in Piazza della Repubblica, Rome. All the high-ranking members of the Italian Army and the Italian armed forces were lined up for the last tribute, among those present were the President of the Senate of the Italian Republic Ignazio La Russa, the Defense minister Guido Crosetto, the Interior minister Matteo Piantedosi and the Foreign minister Antonio Tajani.^[8][9][10]

Due to his past in the Italian Army and the important role he held as president of Fincantieri, the necessary investigations into his death were opened.^[11][12] Among the hypotheses examined there was also incitement to suicide by foreign secret agents.^[13][14] Graziano played a key role in strengthening European Defence, which he said can act as a deterrent or can contribute to de-escalation.^[15]

• Missione. Dalla guerra fredda alla difesa europea, with Marco Valerio Lo Prete, Luiss University Press, 2022, ISBN 978-8861057272