Overview

• Public viewings at the Armani/Teatro drew large crowds with roughly 6,000 mourners by Saturday evening, and the venue remains open through Sunday.
• The closed wooden casket was set among candle-lit lanterns with white roses, piano pieces by Ludovico Einaudi, and a Carabinieri honor guard, alongside a projected farewell message from Armani.
• Donatella Versace, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, John Elkann and other cultural figures paid respects, as Milan set Monday as a day of mourning.
• A private funeral is scheduled for Monday, with details kept confidential, while former employees and relatives including Silvana Armani visited the lying-in-state on Sunday.
• The company has not disclosed a cause of death after months of frail health and missed June shows; Italian media reported liver failure, and the family and staff vowed to carry the business forward.