Overview

• The camera ardente at Rome’s Teatro delle Vittorie reopened this morning until noon, with early arrivals including his daughter Tiziana, Amadeus and Piero Chiambretti, after roughly 8,000 visitors on Monday.
• Funeral rites are scheduled for Wednesday at 16:00 at the Santuario Santa Maria della Stella in Militello Val di Catania, with a local vigil at the Auditorium San Domenico and live television coverage; Regione Sicilia and Trenitalia are adding services to ease travel.
• Fiorello, visibly moved at the vigil, proposed replacing the RAI horse outside Viale Mazzini with a statue of Baudo, while Lino Banfi suggested renaming the Teatro delle Vittorie in his honor.
• Close friend Giorgio Assumma described age‑related neurological weakening in Baudo’s legs, worsening eyesight and months spent largely at home, countering rumors of a long illness or an accident.
• Reactions remain overwhelmingly laudatory, though singer Pupo offered a dissenting memory, saying Baudo told him he disliked him and never supported his career.