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Article: Obituary Marcello Truzzi: 1935-2003.(Obituary)
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- The Journal of Parapsychology
- Article date:
- March 22, 2003
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Marcello Truzzi, associate member of the Parapsychological Association, died of cancer on February 2, 2003. He was 67. Truzzi, known as a "balanced" skeptic, advocated considering evidence regarding all points of view. He encouraged discourse between skeptics and believers and, as a result, had important impacts on the methods used by parapsychologists.
Truzzi was a sociology professor at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, and had been on medical leave from teaching. He served as department head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology from 1974 to 1985. He was known among sociologists as the author of various textbooks. His 1968 text ...