Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno (known as Mike Bongiorno) was born in New York City, United States on May 26, 1924). He is one of the best known hosts on Italian television, famous as "il Re del Quiz", "the quiz king". Of Sicilian-American origin, he moved to Turin, his mother's city, early in life. During World War II he abandoned his studies and joined a group of Italian partisans. Wikipedia
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