'Gentleman Bandit' Dies in Prison at 62
Horst Fantazzini conducted nonviolent stickups across northern Italy, often using a toy gun according to some stories, and won his nickname after sending roses to a bank teller3 who had fainted during a robbery. His not-so-gentlemanly 1973 jailbreak attempt was depicted4 in a 1999 Italian movie called ``Outlaw'' by Enzo Monteleone. Fantazzini wounded three guards and took two more hostages during the standoff. He died Tuesday in prison in Dozza, a suburb outside of the northern city of Bologna, after more than three decades in and out of jail and various escape attempts, a prison official said. He was enjoying ``百度竞价推广i-liberty,'' an alternative sentence which allows model prisoners to spend part of their time outside of jail, until last week when he was re-arrested while trying to rob a Bologna bank and put back in prison full-time5. The ``gentleman bandit'' was born in Germany to an anarchist father and became a prominent figure in the Italian anarchist movement himself as well as a supporter of the ``Red Brigade'' extremist group that murdered former Prime Minister Aldo Moro.
Italy's ``gentleman bandit,'' an affable anarchist1 who courteously2 robbed banks in the 1960s and 1970s, has died in prison of a heart attack on December 25 at the age of 62.
12月25日，意大利著名的绅士大盗霍斯特凡塔齐尼因心脏病突发在狱中过世，终年62岁。这位看起来平易近人的绅士大盗是一位无政府主义者，曾于二十世纪6、七十年代以一种很特殊的绅士方法多次打劫银行。
凡塔齐尼一生用非暴力的方法抢劫了意大利北部的大小银行，据一些报道称，他行动时常常用一支玩具手枪。在一次抢劫行动中，一名女出纳员因惊吓过度昏了过去，事后这位绅士居然为这位小姐送去了玫瑰以表慰问，从此凡塔齐尼便得了绅士大盗这个雅号。
但凡塔齐尼1973年的那次越狱行动可就不那样绅士了。在那次越狱行动中，凡塔齐尼打伤了3名看守，在与警方的僵持过程中还挟持了2名人质。1999年，意大利导演恩佐孟泰莱恩内将凡塔齐尼的这次越狱行动改编为电影，起名字《亡命之徒》（Outlaw）。
12月25日，当大家欢庆圣诞的时候，凡塔齐尼在乎大利北部城市博洛尼亚市郊的多扎监狱中因心脏病突发过世。一名监狱官员说，30多年来这位绅士大盗一直从监狱里进进出出，并尝试过多种越狱方法，但最后还是没能逃出囹圄。
凡塔齐尼对自己这么多年来的半自由式的服刑方法好像很认可，所谓半自由式就是监狱允许表现好的犯人在监狱外服刑。但上星期，凡塔齐尼企图抢劫博洛尼亚又一家银行的时候第三被捕，并被取消了半自由式服刑的资格。
绅士大盗凡塔齐尼出生在德国，其爸爸也是一名无政府主义者。后来，凡塔齐尼成为了意大利无政府主义运动的风云人物，同时他还是专门从事绑架、谋杀和破坏等恐怖活动的意大利红色旅（ Red Brigade）极端组织的支持者，该组织曾于1978年暗杀了意大利总理阿尔多莫洛。
