Overview

• Rome’s camera ardente at Teatro Delle Vittorie closed at midday after roughly 8,000 people paid respects, including Amadeus, Piero Chiambretti, Michele Placido and Ambra Angiolini.
• The coffin departed under police and Carabinieri honors in a grey Maserati hearse, with a planned stop by Baudo’s office before the journey to Militello in Val di Catania.
• The funeral will be held at the Santuario di Santa Maria della Stella, presided by Bishop Calogero Peri, with TG1/Rai1 live coverage and local arrangements including maxiscreens and a day of civic mourning.
• Sicily’s regional government, in coordination with Trenitalia, has boosted bus links to Militello due to a rail line closure to help mourners reach the service safely.
• Heather Parisi published an unaired 2008 interview in which Baudo reflected on legacy and said he would like to return as a colorful butterfly, while reporting on his estate remains developing with no public will disclosed.