Alessandro, known to everyone as Ally, died suddenly, in the early hours of July 31^st 2018 while on holiday in Italy.  Found on his bedroom floor, he collapsed having got up in the middle of the night.  Alessandro was just 17 years old.   

Alessandro was an inspirational character, brimming with potential and personality. His achievements saw him granted an honorary scholarship at Haileybury College and he was on course for a place at a leading university to study for a business degree.   He was appointed Deputy Head of his House and College Prefect.   He had a wide range of sporting and extra-curricular interests.  

More importantly, Alessandro was a wonderful human being.  He was intelligent, kind, compassionate, perceptive and funny. He was charismatic and irrepressible, with an easy charm and a gift for bringing out the best in people.  His death has been a huge shock; a hole has been left in the hearts of everyone who knew him.  Alessandro was an only child.

Alessandro’s inquest concluded that the probable cause of death was Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS). At no time did he display any symptoms of a heart condition. We now know that it seems, unknowingly, Alessandro had Concealed Brugada Syndrome.  

Alessandro's parents, family and friends support Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) a charity working tirelessly to prevent tragedies like his.  In the first year since his death, more than £50,000 was raised for CRY in Alessandro’s memory; over the years his CRY Memorial Fund continues to grow steadily, for which Alessandro’s parents are extremely appreciative.