Tonino Molinari died at 81: farewell to the king of liqueurs who made Sambuca famous

The last exponent of the inventors of Sambuca has disappeared. Antonio Tonino Molinari passed away on Saturday morning at the age of 81. He was the president of Molinari Italia spa and died in Perugia , where he had moved for some time. Antonio was devoted to the family business that he had founded together with his father Angelo and the brothers Mafalda and Marcello and which he subsequently directed, giving it that international momentum that has remained until today. To give the news of the disappearance last night his wife Daniela and their children Angelo, Inge and Mario. The funeral will be held on April 25 in the Cathedral at 3.30 pm.

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Antonio remained president of Molinari until the end

Antonio deserves the merit of having had an innovative and unconventional vision that has allowed Sambuca to become an international icon still recognized today all over the world with its distinctive trait and with world-famous people hired to advertise it. He remained as president of the Spa but in fact the children Angelo, Mario and Inge are managing it, the latter also president of the Angelo and Mafalda Molinari Onlus Foundation. The employees and collaborators of the company, who have gathered around the Molinari family, "honoring their memory and drawing inspiration from the values of responsibility, honesty and respect of which Antonio has always been a promoter, are saddened." The mayor of Civitavecchia Ernesto Tedesco expressed his pain and that of the city for a well-known person who has maintained, albeit indirectly, links with the port municipality: «Yesterday was not a good day for Civitavecchia. Antonio Molinari has left us, capable of transmitting a great passion and the professionalism suitable to support it at the highest levels in the world, to his splendid children, to whom my embrace goes. Hi Tonino, clear and exemplary person, together with the unforgettable Marcello and Mafalda, with whom he enters by right in the list of great entrepreneurs of our city ».