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Family
Obituary
by Marie Fonzi
Gaeton Fonzi, 76, of Satellite Beach, died
peacefully on Thursday, August 30 surrounded by his
loving family. He is survived by Marie, his wife
of 55 years, four children (Irene, Guy, Maria, and
Christopher) and their spouses (Jeff, Dolly, Victor and
Gina), eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Mr. Fonzi’s fame as an
investigative journalist earned him a place on the
Senate and House Committees which investigated the JFK
assassination and subsequently resulted in the
publication of his book The Last Investigation in 1993
which is highly critical of the Warren Commission
Report. His book was considered by many critics as among the best books on the subject
and he was recognized as a respected authority on those
aspects of the assassination involving anti-Castro
Cubans and the intelligence agencies.
Previous to his
involvement investigating the assassination, Mr. Fonzi
was Senior Editor of Philadelphia Magazine where he wrote over 100 major feature
articles and won the magazine’s first national
journalism award. During this time, he published Annenberg: a
Biography of Power and was featured in Best Magazine
Articles 1968.
An honors journalism
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fonzi
served in the US Army Infantry and rose to Captain in a Civil Affairs
reserve unit. Upon moving to Miami in 1972, Mr.
Fonzi became editor of Miami Magazine and senior editor of its sister
publication, Gold Coast. Throughout his career,
Mr. Fonzi wrote for New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Penthouse,
Avenue Magazine, the New York Daily News and the Chicago
Tribune. He won numerous awards including two local
Sigma Delta Chi Awards and a National Sigma Delta Chi
Award.
Mr. Fonzi was an avid
runner who completed numerous races and three
marathons. His greatest joy was sailing with loved ones on his Mariah Jones. He has
been called the best investigative reporter who ever
drew breath, a man whose courage and judgment could be
trusted without hesitation. So who could dispute
this lifetime Yankee fan’s claim that he was indeed Joe DiMaggio.
Mass to be held at 11am
on Tuesday, September 4 at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic
Church, 3050 North Hwy A1A, Indialantic, Florida.
Luncheon reception at 1:00 p.m., at City Tropics Bistro,
249 Fifth Avenue, Indialantic, Fla.
Printed Obituaries:
Miami
Herald August 31, 2012
Miami
Herald Sept 12, 2012 reprint from NYT
Philadelphia
Inquirer
New
York Times
Boston
Globe reprint
from NYT
Washington Post reprint from Phil Inquirer
Pittsburg
Gazetter reprint from NYT
Sydney
Morning Herald reprint NYT
The
Independent (UK)
Florida
Today
McCormick
Place
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