Visceral sporting passions, his beloved Toro and cycling. And then a trait of recognized humanity, that peculiar Turinese way of being (and Torino supporter), even though he was born in Langa, in Vesime.

Farewell to Angelo Marello, who earned in the field - which for him was the workshop on Corso Tortona, in the Vanchiglietta neighborhood - the nickname of "mechanic with a heart". He passed away this morning at the age of 92, and loved to recall how all the last ten mayors of Turin had been his clients.

Endowed with a curiosity for life that became a multifaceted character, whether it was socializing with well-known figures or attending a neighborhood literary prize or a show by his friend Gipo Farassino, Marello received in 2025 a civic award "for being the principal architect of the Fausto Coppi monument" on Corso Casale.

Indeed, the Coppi myth accompanied him throughout his life, corroborated by his friendship with the protagonists of a golden era of Turin cycling, the "Cit" Nino Defilippis and then the inseparable Italo Zilioli and Franco Balmamion.

A regular in the stands of the Comunale, today the Grande Torino Stadium, during the years of Torino's championship in 1976, he cemented a sincere and lasting friendship with Claudio Sala and Renato Zaccarelli, developing and nurturing mutual respect with a "rival" like Giampiero Boniperti.

Major figures from Subalpine journalism and lesser-known personalities appreciated in Marello that innate good humor, often translated into a lighthearted quip in dialect.