Carla Fendi arts. Her philanthropic concern the "Carla Fendi foundation" was the major patron for the recent restoration of Rome's famed Trevi Fountain. After her husband died in November 2013, her health deteriorated. After a long illness, she died in Rome on June 19, 2017, at the age of 79. Carla Fendi Carla Fendi (July 12, 1937 – June 19, 2017) was an Italian fashion executive and philanthropist who worked for Fendi, along with her sisters and parents. She was also well known for her philanthropy. Carla Fendi was born on July 12, 1937 to Edoardo and Adele Fendi. She had four
Rome Daily American the early 1970s. The intent of this ownership was to provide cover for CIA operatives and to influence the Italian electorate which was threatening to vote Communist at that time. During this period, the newspaper office was bombed and damaged. In the mid-1970s it was nominally owned by Chantal du Bois, the pen-name of Gabriella Lepore, housed in a central Rome (Via di Santa Maria in via 12) palazzo just off the Corso between the Parliament and the Trevi Fountain. "The Daily American" was produced and "put to bed" each early evening alongside the production of the small daily house