Antonio D'Amico

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Born	1959 southern Italy
Occupation	Fashion designer

Antonio D'Amico (born 1959) is a model and fashion designer.^[1] He is best known as the companion of Gianni Versace.

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D'Amico was born in southern Italy, and raised in Milan.^{[citation needed]} He was hired as a part time office executive for his first job.^{[citation needed]} He met Versace in 1982 and eventually embarked on a long-term relationship that lasted 11 years, until Versace's untimely death in 1997.^[2] During that time he worked as designer for the Versace Sport line.^[2] D'Amico now runs his own fashion design company.^{[citation needed]}

Versace's will left D'Amico with a pension of 50 million lire a month for life (about €26,000), and the right to live in any of Versace's homes in Italy and the United States. D'Amico's relations with the rest of the Versace family have not always been easy; Donatella Versace said in March 1999 that "My relationship with Antonio is exactly as it was when Gianni was alive. I respected him as the boyfriend of my brother, but I never liked him as a person. So the relationship stayed the same." ^[3]

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[edit] External links

• The Widower Versace Article from Out (magazine)

Persondata
NAME	D'Amico, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Versace's boyfriend
DATE OF BIRTH	1959
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH