Giada De Laurentiis paid tribute to her younger brother Dino on the 22nd anniversary of his death, at age 31, from melanoma.
The 55-year-old Giadzy founder shared two black-and-white snaps of the siblings playing in a bucket as little children.
Giada – who boasts 7.2M social media followers – captioned her Instagram slideshow: ’22 years without my partner in crime, miss [you] every day.’
Dino – who’s survived by his wife Talley – was named after their late grandfather, Oscar-winning film producer Dino De Laurentiis.
The Cinergi Pictures staffer worked as a producer’s assistant on four action movies, two of which starred Bruce Willis, Color of Night (1994) and Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995).
Dino also worked as a post-production supervisor on Dragonheart: A New Beginning (1999) and a visual effects associate producer on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
Giada De Laurentiis paid tribute to her younger brother Dino on the 22nd anniversary of his death, at age 31, from melanoma
In 2016, De Laurentiis (born Benedetti) celebrated her brother’s life in an episode titled ‘A Tribute to Brother Dino’ during the second season of her Food Network series, Giada in Italy.
In it, the three-time Daytime Emmy winner and her sister Eloisa whipped up a meal inspired by some of his favorite dishes, including charred broccoli rabe and pork chops with a balsamic glaze.
In 2013, Giada helped memorialize Dino in a Stand Up to Cancer PSA on behalf of the Melanoma Research Alliance, and she gets her moles checked by a dermatologist ‘every three months.’
‘He was the person I turned to for everything. When something great happened in my life, when something bad happened – I would talk to him two to three times per day,’ De Laurentiis told ET.
‘I regularly wear sunscreen, no matter what. And I regularly check my body. Those are the two most important things, because had my brother checked his skin and checked his body, he would have seen that something wasn’t right.’
The Giada in My Kitchen host recalled: ‘My brother was in his 20s. The mole was in the center of his back, and it’s not like he’s going to turn around and look at his back in the mirror. And he didn’t really see it for a long time.’
Giada welcomed 17-year-old daughter Jade Marie Thompson during her 11-year marriage to Todd Thompson, which ended in 2015.
The 55-year-old Giadzy founder shared two black-and-white snaps of the siblings playing in a bucket as little children
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Giada – who boasts 7.2M social media followers – captioned her Instagram slideshow: ’22 years without my partner in crime, miss [you] every day’
Dino – who’s survived by his wife Talley – was named after their late grandfather, Oscar-winning film producer Dino De Laurentiis
The Cinergi Pictures staffer worked as a producer’s assistant on four action movies, two of which starred Bruce Willis, Color of Night (1994) and Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Dino also worked as a post-production supervisor on Dragonheart: A New Beginning (1999) and a visual effects associate producer on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
In 2016, De Laurentiis celebrated her brother’s life in an episode titled ‘A Tribute to Brother Dino’ during the second season of her Food Network series, Giada in Italy
In 2013, the three-time Daytime Emmy winner helped memorialize Dino in a Stand Up to Cancer PSA on behalf of the Melanoma Research Alliance, and she gets her moles checked by a dermatologist ‘every three months’ (pictured in 2023)
Giada welcomed 17-year-old daughter Jade Marie Thompson (L, pictured October 6) during her 11-year marriage to Todd Thompson, which ended in 2015
The same year De Laurentiis finalized her divorce, she began dating four-time Daytime Emmy-winning producer Shane Farley (L, pictured October 8), and they’re still going strong
De Laurentiis pays the 62-year-old Anthropologie designer ‘$9K a month’ in child support – according to TMZ.
The same year the Rome-born, Beverly Hills-raised chef finalized her divorce, she began dating four-time Daytime Emmy-winning producer Shane Farley, and they’re still going strong.
Giada keeps busy running her lifestyle and e-commerce platform, Giadzy, that she founded in 2017 which features recipes, travel trips, videos and kitchen products.
De Laurentiis also owns two restaurants in Las Vegas, Pronto and Giada.
