Overview
- The 91-year-old singer died of cardiac arrest, prompting a public wake at the Piccolo Teatro Grassi in via Rovello.
- More than 5,000 people waited for hours from Piazza Cordusio toward Castello Sforzesco along Via Dante to file past the coffin between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- Her light wooden coffin was set before the stage, flanked by the gonfalons of the city and region and surrounded by yellow gerberas and white roses and anthuriums as her song “Domani è un altro giorno” played.
- Artists and public figures paying respects included Fabio Fazio, Fiorella Mannoia, Emma Marrone, Ambra Angiolini, Simona Ventura, Paolo Jannacci, Liliana Segre, Francesco Gabbani, Cristiano Malgioglio and director Gabriele Salvatores.
- The city declared a day of mourning as the wake reopened in the morning before a 3 p.m. funeral at the Church of San Marco in Brera, where Paolo Fresu is set to play in accordance with her wishes.