Simonetta Puccini

She dedicated her life to her grandfather's memory, and owned and restored the composer's home, Villa Museo Puccini.

[2] Simonetta Giurumello was born in 1929 as an illegitimate daughter of Giacomo Puccini's only son, Antonio, who had no children by his wife.

In 1995, after a legal battle that started in 1980, Simonetta was declared to be Antonio's daughter and was assigned one-third of her grandfather's (now greatly diminished) estate, which included his villa in Torre del Lago, and took his name.

[5] Another claimed heir, Nadia Manfredi, believed her father Antonio to be Puccini's illegitimate son, but her case was not proven, and was opposed by Simonetta.

[4] According to a statement on her death by the Fondazione Simonetta Puccini, she "dedicated her life with passion and devotion to the memory, protection and enhancement of the image of her grandfather and the places he loved".