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ARLX023 Marconi widow dies
 
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Special Bulletin 23  ARLX023
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  August 3, 1994
To all radio amateurs 
 
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ARLX023 Marconi widow dies
 
Marconi widow dies
 
The widow of Guglielmo Marconi has died.  The Marchesa M. Cristina
Bezzi Scali died July 15, 1994, at age 94.
 
The two were married in 1927.  Marconi lived another 10 years, dying
in 1937 at age 63.
 
The couple had a daughter, Elettra, who was baptized by Cardinal
Eugeni Pacelli, who would later become Pope Pius XII.  Elettra's
godmother was Elena di Savoia, queen of Italy.
 
According to Pat Ciancarini, I0KHP, Elettra will continue the
family's work in preparing for ''1995, Year of Guglielmo Marconi,''
the centennial celebration of Marconi's first wireless telegraph.
 
The funeral was held July 18.  Among those attending were several
bishops from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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