Franco Ortolani (29 August 1943 â 22 November 2019) was an Italian politician who served in the Italian Senate for the Five Star Movement from 2018 to 2019.
Ortolani was a candidate for the Five Star Movement in the 2018 general election, and was elected in Naples after receiving over 100,000 votes.
He died from cancer in Rome in the night of 22 November 2019. He was succeeded in a by-election in by Sandro Ruotolo of the centre-left coalition.