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Italian Studies and University of Toronto Mississauga

purgatory paradise: According to Dante in his Divine Comedy, in inferno, purgatory and paradise, Italian is the major language spoken, according to Toronto Star. Pugliese reached the afterlife on Jan. 12 after suffering a seizure. In the afterlife, knowing Italian is a great plus, the professor of Italian studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga told guests at his retirement party in 2012. He was 75. You could see the humanity pouring out of him. Retired Canadian Supreme Court judge Frank Iacobucci, a friend for 35 years, called Pugliese a wonderful human being. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.