It happened in Italoa
Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi, Barbie’s designers and creative partners, died in an accident in Italy, after an 82-year-old car was opposed to the A4 Turin-Milão Sleep in the Lombardia region, and stuffed in the car where the pair followed.
Egidio Ceriano led about six kilometers in the opposite direction before the fatal collision. In addition to Paglino and Grossi, the banker Amodio Valerio Giurni, who also died, and his wife, Silvia Moramacro, who was injured and was hospitalized at the Niguarda Hospital, in Milan.
Ceriano did not survive the accident.
Barbie’s Mattel reacted to death on social networks, remembering that both were “passionate and talented designers and lifelong collectors.
“The Barbie team is broken heart with the loss of Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi, two very estimated creators who brought joy and art to the world of Barbie as. As passionate and talented designers and lifelong collectors, their spirit and love for the brand transformed every creation in which they played. In addition to their remarkable talent, they shared an energy that illuminated all the environments where they passed.”
The pair were known for their personalized celebrity dolls such as Cher, Lady Gaga, Sarah Jessica Parker and Sophia Loren. The Madonna dedicated collection became one of its milestones, having taken them to the Simply Madonna exhibition and the program The Graham Norton Show, where they met the artist in person.
