# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import re
authors = "Panzdella*, Meslone‡, Pezzeella, Rossssi, Pastooori, Perfeetti, D’Erriico†, Puunta*, and d’Ischaia."
authors = re.sub(ur'[^a-zA-Z0-9 ,*\u2019-]', u'', authors.decode('utf8'), 0, re.UNICODE).encode("utf8")
print authors
IyAtKi0gY29kaW5nOiB1dGYtOCAtKi0KaW1wb3J0IHJlCmF1dGhvcnMgPSAiUGFuemRlbGxhKiwgTWVzbG9uZeKAoSwgUGV6emVlbGxhLCBSb3Nzc3NpLCBQYXN0b29vcmksIFBlcmZlZXR0aSwgROKAmUVycmlpY2/igKAsIFB1dW50YSosIGFuZCBk4oCZSXNjaGFpYS4iCmF1dGhvcnMgPSByZS5zdWIodXInW15hLXpBLVowLTkgLCpcdTIwMTktXScsIHUnJywgYXV0aG9ycy5kZWNvZGUoJ3V0ZjgnKSwgMCwgcmUuVU5JQ09ERSkuZW5jb2RlKCJ1dGY4IikKcHJpbnQgYXV0aG9ycw==
Panzdella*, Meslone, Pezzeella, Rossssi, Pastooori, Perfeetti, D’Erriico, Puunta*, and d’Ischaia