Original: The year of his death is calculated from the fact that Antonio Pucci , the town crier of Florence , wrote a poem in Giotto 's honour in which it is stated that he was 70 at the time of his death .
Simplified: The year of his death is known , but the year of his birth is based on a poem by Antonio Pucci , the town crier of Florence , who said that Giotto was seventy when he died .