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Designer of Barcelona Olympic stadium dies of Covid-19

Vittorio Gregotti, an Italian architect who designed the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics stadium, died of covid-19 at the age of 92, today. <br />'' <br />'' The Italian media said that Gregotti died of pneumonia after being hospitalised in Milan having contracted COVID-19. He also designed the Arcimboldi Opera Theatre in Milan, a futuristic structure built to allow the opera season to continue while the La Scala underwent renovation in 2002-2004.<br />'' <br />'' The Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that Gregotti's wife, Mariana Mazza has been hospitalised at the same Milan hospital.<br />''  <br />

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