Neliana Tersigni: key obituary facts
Is Neliana Tersigni dead? Yes. Neliana Tersigni died on July 14, 2026, at age 81.
Cause of death: Neliana Tersigni's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Neliana Tersigni known for?
She was an Italian journalist.
More about Neliana Tersigni
Born: 13 April 1945.
Place of birth: Rome.
Gender: female.
Occupation: journalist.
Nationality: Italy.
Employer: RAI.
Awards: Alghero Donna Prize.
Neliana Tersigni, an Italian journalist born in Rome, died on July 14, 2026, at the age of 81.
A freelance reporter from Rome who studied Russian literature, she began her career in her early twenties at Paese Sera, working in the foreign news desk under editors including Giorgio Signorini and Augusto Livi. She spent three years in Spain after the fall of Francisco Franco and later joined RAI’s TG3 newsroom in 1987, where she worked mainly as a war correspondent.
From 1987 to 1996, she reported from the Middle East, covering the final years of the Lebanese civil war from Beirut and, above all, the first phase of the Palestinian intifada from Jerusalem, as well as the return of Yasser Arafat.