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Roberto Franca Stuckert, PT2GTI died of a heart attack on 23 August aged 78. A renowned professional photojournalist, he was the former Executive Director of Brazil's IARU society (LABRE) as well as the current
President of its Federal District branch. He was well known in the IOTA circles for operating from several island groups - notably SA-019 (PY0A/PY0B in 1994 and PW6AI in 2002), SA-028 (ZW2SS/ZY2SS in 1999), SA-042 (ZW8M in 2003), SA-060 (ZY8R in 1997), SA-062 (ZV2GTI/PY6 in 1993 and ZW6C/ZX6C in 1996), SA-072 (ZY8P in 2015 and ZX8TI/ZX8NO in 2017). He was also active from Trindade (ZV0TI in 1995) & Martim Vaz (ZV0MB/ZV0MV in 1996), the St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (ZV0SB/ZV0SW in 1999) and the South Shetlands (ZX0DX/ZX0CW in 1998 and ZX0GTI in 2004).