Overview

• Italian media reported that Benni died on Tuesday morning, September 9, 2025, at the age of 78.
• Born in Bologna on August 12, 1947, he broke through with Bar Sport (1976) and went on to works such as La compagnia dei celestini, Margherita Dolcevita and Il bar sotto il mare.
• Recent coverage notes he had withdrawn from public life in the past few years due to a prolonged illness.
• His stage work included directing Le Beatrici in 2012 at the Festival di Spoleto and collaborations with Dario Fo, Franca Rame and Angela Finocchiaro.
• He debuted with Mondadori and later published extensively with Feltrinelli, cultivating a style that united humor with a more sentimental register.