Overview
- Vessicchio died on Saturday at Ospedale San Camillo in Rome after a sudden complication, with confirmation provided by the hospital and his family.
- Doctors cited a rapidly progressing interstitial pneumonia as the cause of death.
- The family requested that the funerals be held in strictly private form.
- A defining presence at the Festival di Sanremo since 1990, he won four editions as orchestra conductor in 2000, 2003, 2010 and 2011.
- The renowned arranger worked with leading artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Roberto Vecchioni, Zucchero, Elio e le Storie Tese, Ornella Vanoni and Ron, and had a theater tour planned with Ron for next year.