A man known as Italy's Robinson Crusoe who lived alone on an idyllic island for 32 years following a shipwreck has died. Mauro Morandi, who died on January 3 aged 85, lived as a hermit on the Isle ...

He lived for three decades on a small island off the coast of Sardinia, inspiring international fascination with his real-life adventure story.

Moreover, Knox has long thought to have been the primary source for the character of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, but other theories recently proposed have obscured such a claim. It is hypothesised ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Mauro Morandi, whose 32-year sojourn on an uninhabited Mediterranean island led to his being known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, died on Jan. 3 in Modena ...

Mauro Da Budelli struggled to adjust to life in society after years of solitude. Mauro Morandi, the Italian man famously known as "Robinson Crusoe" for his solitary life on a secluded ...

Famously known as 'Robinson Crusoe' for his solitary life on a secluded Mediterranean island, Budelli, Italian man Mauro Morandi died at the age of 85, CNN reported. Though Morandi lived a ...

Mauro Morandi was nicknamed Robinson Crusoe by the media after being identified as the sole resident of Budelli island, an old World War II shelter off the Italian island of Sardinia. He prided ...

The Iver Heath Drama Club is thrilled to announce the opening weekend of their anticipated 2025 pantomime, Robinson Crusoe Vs ...

A man known as Italy's Robinson Crusoe who lived alone on an idyllic island for 32 years following a shipwreck has died, Italian media reports. Mauro Morandi, who died on January 3 aged 85 ...