Samuele Bacchiocchi's mother

Just past midnight on 20 November 2005, Samuele Bacchiocchi told me:

I am still in London.  My wife died three hours ago. I have over 500 messages in my mail box.  I do not have time to gather the information you are asking. The CD-ROM should be ready in a couple of weeks.  You are welcomed to order it.  You will find all sorts of documentation.

After I congratulated him on his remarriage, he informed me:

Thank you for your congratulations, but not for a remarriage.  I have been married for 45 years to the same Italian girl, Anna.  I will be glad to accept your congratulation for our 45th wedding celebration.

So congratulations - 45 years is a long time!

As for the death of his wife:

Thank you for bringing to my attention the mistake that I made.  I meant to say "my mother died three hours ago."  It was my mother, not my wife.

May she rest in peace.