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Ornella Vanoni Dies at 91 in Milan Home After Reported Cardiac Arrest

Reports recount a final call describing severe back pain with plans to seek care in Pavia.

Overview

  • Multiple outlets confirm the singer was found at home in Milan on November 21, with the cause reported as cardiac arrest.
  • Journalist Maurizio Porro relayed Vanoni’s last phone call, in which she spoke of a sharp vertebral pain and said she intended to go to a clinic in Pavia.
  • She had spent the summer in care between Monzino and Don Gnocchi hospitals for heart complications that led to fluid in the lungs.
  • Her last public TV appearance was on November 2 on Fabio Fazio’s Che tempo che fa, and she also recorded a judging spot for Amici on November 6.
  • Tributes poured in from artists and public figures, while media revisited her stated funeral wishes that included a Dior dress, music by Paolo Fresu and ashes scattered at sea.