Mauro Morandi, an Italian man nicknamed “Robinson Crusoe” by the media after living alone on a paradise island for more than three decades, has died at the age of 85.
Morandi stumbled upon Budelli, an island off Sardinia famous for its pink-sanded beach, in 1989 after his catamaran broke down on the way to the South Pacific. He soon learned that the island’s caretaker was about to retire, and so he abandoned the sailing trip, sold his boat and took over the role.
