Overview

• Pippo Baudo died on August 16 at age 89 in Rome’s Policlinico Campus Bio-Medico, where a private camera ardente was held for family and friends.
• Rai confirmed that the public camera ardente will be open at the Teatro delle Vittorie on August 18 from 10:00 to 20:00 and on August 19 from 09:00 to 12:00.
• His funeral has been scheduled for August 20 at the Santuario Madonna della Stella in Militello in Val di Catania, which will observe a day of municipal mourning.
• Broadcasters are staging special programming including Mediaset’s Zona Bianca tribute on Rete 4, and figures such as Roberto Benigni and Cristina D’Avena have shared heartfelt homages.
• Institutions like the Teatro Sistina plan to dedicate permanent memorials, and proposals have been made to name public spaces and theaters in his honor.