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About Dan Iannuzzi
- Daniel Andrèa Iannuzzi, (February 24, 1934 – November 20, 2004) was a Canadian entrepreneur, journalist, and broadcaster. A third generation Italian Canadian, Iannuzzi was born in Montreal.
- At the age of 18 he enrolled with the Canadian Grenadier Guards, and two years later, in 1954, he moved to Toronto.
- Here, together with Arturo Scotti, he founded the Italian-Canadian newspaper Corriere Canadese, a daily publication serving the Italian-Candian community, on 2 June 1954 (Republic Day).
- The publication is distributed exclusively in Ontario and Quebec.
- He produced multilingual TV programs for Toronto's Citytv from 1972 to 1979 and in 1979, he launched the world's first multilingual television station, CFMT-TV (today OMNI 1), initially broadcasting in 24 languages.
- For ten years, Dan Iannuzzi served as President and Executive Producer for the station. In 1977 he was given the Canadian Family Man Award from the League of Human Rights.
- In 1979, he was awarded the City of Toronto Achievement Award and the Ontario Bicentennial Medal in 1984.
- He was nominated at the EXPO ’86 Award for Excellence and Contribution in pioneering multicultural communications.
- In 1987 he was named "Man of the Year" by the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association.
- In 1989, he was admitted into the Order of Ontario.
- In 1990, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for being "a pioneer in multicultural communications and a significant contributor to Toronto's Italian community".
- He was also a Knight Commander in the Order of Malta.Through his ownership of Multimedia Nova Corporation he owned and published the following community newspapers throughout the Greater Toronto Area and in Quebec: Town Crier Community Newspapers Corriere Canadese (Italian language) Tandem magazine (English language newspaper for the children of Italian immigrants) Correo Canadiense (Spanish language) O Correio Canadiano Nove Ilhas (Portuguese language) Insieme (Italian language) He died in Rome while on a business trip following a cardiac arrest.
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