Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLorenzo Soria, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the Golden Globe Awards, died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, a member of his family told the HFPA.
He was 68.“Lorenzo was a beloved member of the entertainment industry and the Hollywood community and will be sorely missed,” the HFPA said in a statement.
A cause of death was not revealed.Soria was most recently elected president in 2019, and was half-way through his three-year term.Born in Argentina, Soria moved to Italy at a young age.
He started out as a journalist for Italian newsweekly L’Espresso and has been working for Italian newspaper La Stampa since 1988.
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