Fiat Chrysler says that he did not know about Marchionne's disease

Fiat Chrysler said it knew nothing about the health of Sergio Marchionne after a Swiss hospital said Thursday that he was treating the general manager who died more than a year ago.

"knowledge of the facts relating to the health of Mr. Marchionne," said a spokesman for Fiat Chrysler.

Questions were raised about the duration of Marchionne's illness, which died Wednesday.

Marchionne rescued Fiat and Chrysler from bankruptcy after taking the wheel of the Italian automaker in 2004 and he has multiplied Fiat's value 11 times through 14 years of dealnyking canny. He was scheduled to leave his position at FCA in April 2007.

"The company was informed that Mr. Marchionne had undergone a shoulder surgery and issued a statement about it," said the door. Floor-. The company was informed without any detail by Mr. Marchionne's family of the serious deterioration of Mr. Marchionne's condition and, therefore, he would be unable to return to work and the Company promptly took appropriate action on next day. "

The announcement of the death of Marchionne, 66, one of the most stubborn and respected CEOs of the auto industry, drew the tributes of the rivals and tears of his most close colleagues on Wednesday.He had been treated for serious illness for more than a year before his death.

Marchionne had fallen seriously ill after what the company had described as a shoulder surgery in a Zurich Hospital He was replaced as General Manager last weekend after Fiat Chrysler (FCA) declared that his condition had worsened.

"M. Sergio Marchionne was a patient at the USZ Due to a serious illness, he had received recurrent treatment.

"Although all the options offered by advanced medicine have been used, Mr. Marchionne has unfortunately died.

The University Hospital Zurich refused to comment on Marchionne's illness, but said that he deeply regretted his death and expressed his condolences to his family.