Overview
- Italian outlets report he was admitted in recent days to Rome’s San Camillo hospital for pneumonia.
- Some reports cite a rapidly progressing interstitial pneumonia as the condition preceding his death, with details still limited.
- Leaders and public figures shared condolences, including messages from Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini, Antonio Tajani, Ignazio La Russa and Giuseppe Conte.
- Television hosts Fabio Fazio and Luciana Littizzetto posted personal tributes, recalling recent plans for a TV appearance and long collaborations.
- He became a national fixture through decades at the Festival di Sanremo, work on Rai and Mediaset shows such as Amici, and arrangements for artists including Gino Paoli, Edoardo Bennato and Nino Bonocuore, with prior recurring online death hoaxes now definitively dispelled.