The entire community, including many friends and athletes, rallied around the family. So much so that the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli was packed to the rafters.

A huge, stunned and incredulous crowd accompanied former Mister Universe Gianstefano Fara, 55, on his final journey . The athlete lost his life in the tragic road accident that occurred early yesterday afternoon on State Road 131 , at the exit for the Tossilo industrial area.

Behind the coffin stood his mother, Anna, his sister, Sister Ilaria, and then his brother Davide. Then came the family, Mayor Francesco Caggiari, many of his students, and many athletes, who had come from the surrounding towns and even from far away. The Mass was celebrated by the bishop, Monsignor Mauro Maria Morfino, with the parish priest , Don Agostino Carboni, and with the confraternities, the parish choir, and many nuns who had come from as far away as Cagliari.

The bishop himself offered words of comfort to the family and the entire community, who have endured further days of mourning following this latest tragedy. Gianstefano Fara was well-known and respected not only in his hometown but throughout the surrounding area. He instilled his passion for bodybuilding in many young people in the area.

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