Arsenal Fan TV personality Claudio Callegari passes away aged 58
Author: Joel Griffiths | Tuesday 30th March 2021
Life-long Arsenal supporter and football fan-media personality Claudio Callegari, passed away yesterday, aged 58, a spokesperson on his Twitter account confirmed.
Claudio, also known as Claude, became known for his passionate opinions on the Gunners during the meteoric rise of AFTV’s YouTube channel.
Since being a regular on AFTV, Claude parted ways with the platform to work with other YouTube outlets.
With permission from Claude’s father, the news was broken by Claude and the Bansta’s official twitter profile.
Claude and Bansta’s is a collaborative fan-media platform that produces daily Arsenal FC content, of which he was a regular host.
The statement read: “We can’t believe we are writing this, with permission from Claude’s father, it is with great sadness and a broken heart that we have to announce that our dear friend and legend Claude sadly passed away yesterday afternoon 29th March.”
We can’t believe we are writing this, with permission from Claude’s father, it is with great sadness and a broken heart that we have to announce that our dear friend and legend Claude sadly passed away yesterday afternoon 29th March. pic.twitter.com/GULZVXxsah
— CLAUDE AND THE BANSTA'S (@ClaudeBanstas) March 30, 2021
The team at Claude and Bansta’s have requested that fans “respect the privacy of Claude, his family and friends” and to be “respectful” at this extremely sad time.
All our thoughts and prayers at Link Up TV go out to Claude’s family and friends, in light of this devastating news.
Rest in peace, Claude.
