She lived a life of adventure that spanned two continents. She fell in love with a World War II fighter pilot, barely escaped Europe ahead of Benito Mussolini's fascists, ground steel for the US war effort and advocated for her disabled daughter in a far less enlightened time. She was, her daughter said, someone who didn't make a habit of giving up.And then this month, at age 105, Primetta Giacopini's life ended the way it began — in a pandemic."I think my mother would have been around quite a bit longer" if she hadn't contracted COVID-19, her 61-year-old daughter, Dorene Giacopini, said.
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