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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry

Daniela Petroff, AP's longtime fashion and Vatican reporter, dies at 80

Italy Obit Petroff - (2026 Simpson Family)

Daniela Petroff, who helped shape The Associated Press’ fashion and Vatican coverage for nearly four decades with style, authority and wit, has died in Rome. She was 80.

Petroff died Tuesday at home, where she was recovering from a fall, said her husband, Victor Simpson, the retired AP Rome bureau chief.

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