Passengers and crew escaped but left behind a fortune in precious cargo which sank to the bottom of the Atlantic seabed.
But he has left behind a right old mess on the centre-left of politics back home in Italy.
But have those servitudes left behind a permanent shadow?
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They may be gone, but they left something behind: a great golf course in better shape than ever, thanks to the immaculate preparations, reduced play and grooming that leads up to a PGA Tour event.
Anthony Ittleson, the grandson of the founder of CIT Financial, moved to South Carolina in December 1996 but left a Modigliani behind in his New York City co-op, until he sold both the co-op and the painting the following spring.
Everyone is kindly and reasonable, all the upholstery comes from Liberty's, but the impression left behind is of a sort of watery melancholy.
"We are seeing fewer phones left behind, but a lot more iPads and Kindles, " said Tim Thornton, director of airport operations and guest services for Virgin America.
Kenya is east Africa's most dynamic country but it remains a brittle construction left behind by British colonial rulers.
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Her family managed to take some sentimental items with them when they left, but still had to leave behind a boat, a pair of ATVs, a china cabinet and an antique doll collection.
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This story ends happily for the older brother who left behind a large estate, but unfortunately, not for the younger brother who ran out of money at 84.
An amusing episode for sure, but two of the possible driving factors behind it left me a bit unsettled.
She and her husband arrived in Germany together, but left their young boys behind with relatives until they can afford a suitable home.
In the final minute of regulation, he was given his best chance to dethrone Spain when he received the ball close to goal after a length-of-the-field break, but he sliced a left-foot shot into the stands behind the goal.
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People are trying to invest and not be left behind by the rally, but they're also taking a very cautious approach.
No Child Left Behind was very much a bipartisan effort, but the Teach for America program is hardly dominated by conservatives.
Hull's defeat by Sunderland means that, with two games left, they are six points behind the Hammers but with a vastly inferior goal difference.
The Higgs boson decays too fast to detect directly, but decays into particles similar to those left behind by the decay of a top quark anti-top quark pair.
Mr. Steele was the much-heralded creator of Kendall-Jackson Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay but left fame and fortune behind when he moved to Lake County and opened a decidedly low-key place of his own.
After a while Heyman left behind not only his company but the girlfriend he took with him.
The singer left his pop career behind after conversion but began recording again recently, including a new version of Peace Train for a charity album.
Mr Bush failed to reform pensions, but he did push through No Child Left Behind, the biggest change to schools for a generation.
For the pets left behind after Hurricane Katrina, relief is on the way, but it's a race against time.
Darren Bent's 24th minute goal left Tottenham in ninth, but only one point behind seventh-placed West Ham and a likely qualifying spot for the Europa League.
But the value to IBM lies not in simply helping a CEO feels he is not left behind his golf buddies (although IBM certainly satisfies this need, even creates and legitimizes it, in many ways).
The quake and resulting tsunami left behind a known death toll of more than 200 people by early Saturday, but that number was expected to climb sharply.
Blackwell's 54-ball half-century threatened to turn the tide but the visitors remained favourites when Hoggard had the left-hander caught behind for 64, prodding at a good length ball.
Hernandez struck out Kevin Youkilis to escape the jam, but Cervelli sent a hanging splitter from Putz that Hample caught in the first row behind the left-field scoreboard with one out in the ninth.
Nelson is meant to clue you in on a book's context by providing online commentary, fact-checking, and statistics about cultural impact, which is great when you're studying global warming for a class, perhaps, but seems a little over the top if you're curling up with the latest Left Behind novel.
But what the police class as a low-risk case is no less painful for family and friends left behind.
But the Liberal Democrats said the report highlighted falling social mobility and that a quarter of the population are being left behind.
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