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Umberto Bossi, firebrand founder of Italy's Northern League party, dies at 84

ROME, March 19 - Umberto Bossi, a gravel-voiced populist leader who pushed for independence for northern Italy and shook up national politics, died on Thursday at a hospital in Varese, in the north of the country,…

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The Straits TimesMar 19, 2026, 9:02 PM

Umberto Bossi, firebrand founder of Italy's Northern League party, dies at 84

ROME, March 19 - Umberto Bossi, a gravel-voiced populist leader who pushed for independence for northern Italy and shook up national politics, died on Thursday at a hospital in Varese, in the north of the country, family and party sources told Reuters.

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