Overview
- His daughter confirmed the death after a hospitalization in Milan.
- He won the 1960 Sanremo Festival with “Romantica” alongside Renato Rascel, marking the peak of his popularity.
- Born Antonio Lardera in Campobasso in 1936, he grew up in Milan and broke through in 1957 with “Come prima.”
- As musical tastes changed in the early 1960s he receded from the charts and turned to painting, exhibiting at Milan’s Galleria Cairola.
- In recent years he endured serious health issues, including a prolonged coma, and made a brief return to TV in 2024 on Domenica In.