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Rome’s Teatro delle Vittorie Opens Lying-In-State for Pippo Baudo

High-profile tributes have unfolded during the two-day wake with funeral arrangements in Militello Val di Catania finalized for 20 August.

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Overview

  • A public camera ardente is open Monday from 10:00 to 20:00 and Tuesday from 9:00 to 12:00 at Rome’s Teatro delle Vittorie for a final tribute to Pippo Baudo.
  • Colleagues, celebrities and institutional leaders have paid homage at the wake, with figures such as Mara Venier, Katia Ricciarelli, Lino Banfi, Carlo Conti and Eros Ramazzotti among the attendees.
  • RAI director-general Roberto Sergio said, “He does not die, he is RAI,” and vowed that the broadcaster will continue to be inspired by Baudo’s approach.
  • Memorial gestures include the Sanremo venue’s decision to name its main dressing room after Baudo, a proposal to rename the Teatro delle Vittorie and wreaths from the President and other state bodies surrounding the coffin.
  • Baudo’s funeral is scheduled for 20 August at 16:00 in the Church of Santa Maria della Stella in Militello Val di Catania, following reports from friends and his lawyer of a recent neurological weakening that led to his withdrawal from public life.