He died in Rome, after a long illness, on Secretary General of Trasportiunito, Maurizio Longo. Born in Latina on September 10, 1962, Longo had approached the sector of road transport to become one of the leading experts, a path that had first landed at Fita-Cna, of which he had become secretary general, and then in 2008 to the foundation of Trasportiunita together with Franco Pensiero, its historic president and friend.

Longo's long illness did not prevent him from being present at the discussion tables and on all occasions in which to discuss the and, often also in opposition to other organizations of transport, of the problems of the sector.