Overview
- She died of cardiac arrest at her Milan home late on 21 November, shortly before 23:00 local time, according to Italian media and officials.
- The public wake will be held at the Piccolo Teatro Grassi on Sunday 23 November from 10:00 to 14:00 and Monday 24 November from 10:00 to 13:00 local time, the city’s culture councillor announced.
- President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli issued condolences that praised her distinctive voice and interpretive talent.
- Artists including Laura Pausini, Vasco Rossi, Eros Ramazzotti and Gino Paoli shared remembrances highlighting her influence on Italian music.
- Vanoni sold more than 50 million records, released around 40 studio albums, popularized Brazilian repertoire in Italy with a 1976 collaboration with Toquinho and Vinicius de Moraes, and began her career under Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro.