Silvio Gazzaniga
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In this photo taken on Thursday, June 3, 2014, Italian goldsmith and sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga poses with his most important work, the FIFA World Cup at GDE Bertoni factory in Paderno Dugnano, near Milan, Italy. Silvio Gazzaniga, the sculptor who created the World Cup trophy, has died. He was 95. Gazzaniga designed and created the World Cup trophy in 1971 after Brazil retained the right to keep the Jules Rimet trophy by winning its third World Cup in 1970. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu)