Renato Bialetti

[Steve_M]

Another passing.
Love making espresso in my moka.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/business/renato-bialetti-italian-marketer-dies-at-93.html?_r=0

Steve

 

[sour_grapes]

Oh, too bad. I also am a Moka pot adherent, and will think of him in the mornings.

I was thinking of making a joke about his cremains being placed in a Moka pot, but thought better of it; it seemed a little base, even to me. However, I got to the end of the article cited by Steve, only to read this:

Mr. Bialetti is survived by a son, Alfonso, and two daughters, Antonella and Alessandra. They honored his memory by placing his ashes in a large model of the Moka Express that, after being blessed by the parish priest at his funeral on Tuesday, was placed in the family’s tomb in a cemetery in Omegna.