| Demise of Italy's runaway grandfather
By Mark Duff
BBC, Milan
When lonely Italian 80-year-old Giorgio Angelozzi put himself up for adoption in 2004, the world took pity. But shortly after Grandpa Giorgio settled in with his new family, he disappeared, leaving a trail of debts and broken hearts.
The glint in his eye should have warned us.
Giorgio Angelozzi was sitting in the kitchen of his new home outside Milan.
It was autumn, a year ago. Giorgio was in the news and loving it.
He had taken out an advert in a national newspaper here, pleading for a family to adopt him as a grandad.
"I'm old, I'm lonely and I want to be someone's grandfather," it read.
He had a lot to offer, it seemed. As a retired classics teacher, he would love to help educate the children of anyone kind enough to welcome him into their family.
Across the world, columnists pointed to Giorgio as a symbol of Italy's problems: an ageing population, a decrepit pensions system, the vaunted Italian family imploding under the pressures of life in the 21st Century.
Cheeky sparkle
Giorgio was inundated with offers.
He took his pick, left his home and seven cats outside warm, southern Rome">BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Demise of Italy's runaway grandfather: "Demise of Italy's runaway grandfather
By Mark Duff
BBC, Milan
When lonely Italian 80-year-old Giorgio Angelozzi put himself up for adoption in 2004, the world took pity. But shortly after Grandpa Giorgio settled in with his new family, he disappeared, leaving a trail of debts and broken hearts.
The glint in his eye should have warned us.
Giorgio Angelozzi was sitting in the kitchen of his new home outside Milan.
It was autumn, a year ago. Giorgio was in the news and loving it.
He had taken out an advert in a national newspaper here, pleading for a family to adopt him as a grandad.
'I'm old, I'm lonely and I want to be someone's grandfather,' it read.
He had a lot to offer, it seemed. As a retired classics teacher, he would love to help educate the children of anyone kind enough to welcome him into their family.
Across the world, columnists pointed to Giorgio as a symbol of Italy's problems: an ageing population, a decrepit pensions system, the vaunted Italian family imploding under the pressures of life in the 21st Century.
Cheeky sparkle
Giorgio was inundated with offers.
He took his pick, left his home and seven cats outside warm, southern Rome"
BBC, Milan
When lonely Italian 80-year-old Giorgio Angelozzi put himself up for adoption in 2004, the world took pity. But shortly after Grandpa Giorgio settled in with his new family, he disappeared, leaving a trail of debts and broken hearts.
The glint in his eye should have warned us.
Giorgio Angelozzi was sitting in the kitchen of his new home outside Milan.
It was autumn, a year ago. Giorgio was in the news and loving it.
He had taken out an advert in a national newspaper here, pleading for a family to adopt him as a grandad.
"I'm old, I'm lonely and I want to be someone's grandfather," it read.
He had a lot to offer, it seemed. As a retired classics teacher, he would love to help educate the children of anyone kind enough to welcome him into their family.
Across the world, columnists pointed to Giorgio as a symbol of Italy's problems: an ageing population, a decrepit pensions system, the vaunted Italian family imploding under the pressures of life in the 21st Century.
Cheeky sparkle
Giorgio was inundated with offers.
He took his pick, left his home and seven cats outside warm, southern Rome">BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Demise of Italy's runaway grandfather: "Demise of Italy's runaway grandfather
By Mark Duff
BBC, Milan
When lonely Italian 80-year-old Giorgio Angelozzi put himself up for adoption in 2004, the world took pity. But shortly after Grandpa Giorgio settled in with his new family, he disappeared, leaving a trail of debts and broken hearts.
The glint in his eye should have warned us.
Giorgio Angelozzi was sitting in the kitchen of his new home outside Milan.
It was autumn, a year ago. Giorgio was in the news and loving it.
He had taken out an advert in a national newspaper here, pleading for a family to adopt him as a grandad.
'I'm old, I'm lonely and I want to be someone's grandfather,' it read.
He had a lot to offer, it seemed. As a retired classics teacher, he would love to help educate the children of anyone kind enough to welcome him into their family.
Across the world, columnists pointed to Giorgio as a symbol of Italy's problems: an ageing population, a decrepit pensions system, the vaunted Italian family imploding under the pressures of life in the 21st Century.
Cheeky sparkle
Giorgio was inundated with offers.
He took his pick, left his home and seven cats outside warm, southern Rome"
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11/19/2005
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