DONATELLA RECTOR ( 69)

With her inimitable voice and her unconventional look, Donatella Rettore is an Italian singer-songwriter and lyricist who continues to enchant entire generations. Songs like “Splendido splendente”, “Lamette” and “Kobra” are cult pieces of Italian music to this day. Her career exploded in the 70s and knows no crisis. Her ironic and irreverent style has helped her to impose herself on the public’s attention: Rettore is in fact one of the very first artists to have understood the importance of image, in her case aggressive and provocative. In her private life, Donatella has been linked for over 40 years to Claudio Rego, whom she married only in 2015. The couple has not had children.

IRENE GRANDI ( 55)

Irene Grandi is a very famous singer-songwriter who has climbed to the top of the music charts with her songs “”Lasciala andare” and “Bruci la città”. A chameleonic and eclectic artist, she has always looked for new melodies to never disappoint her fans with her innovative music. Unfortunately, there was a period in which the singer moved away from the stage due to her love life, evidently less sparkling than her career. The breakup and divorce from her husband Alessandro Carotti have tried Irene a lot. After years of suffering, Grandi has finally taken her life back into her own hands, returning to sing for the joy of her fans.

PAOLA TURCI ( 60)

Paola Turci is an Italian singer-songwriter who has greatly scared her fans this summer. In fact, at the end of August the woman was involved in an accident at sea, suffering a head injury that cost her hospitalization for a few days. However, the singer reassured all her fans through social media. To think that Turci’s career in the past had suffered a strong setback due to a terrible car accident that occurred in 1993, the consequences of which left deep scars on her face. All of this was hard for her to deal with, at the time she no longer felt like appearing in front of the cameras and had almost toyed with the idea of ​​retiring from the scene. Only with patient work on herself was the singer reborn again.

ROBERTO BONINSEGNA (81)

Roberto Boninsegna is a sports manager, former Italian footballer who in 1970 was vice world champion with the Italian national team. Nicknamed Bonimba for the balls he launched like cannons, he always gave his all on the pitch, he was fast and powerful even in headers. Originally from Mantua, we remember him with the black and blue jersey because he always had Inter in his heart. He was also appreciated in the European field thanks to the conquest of the UEFA cup. Certainly Boninsegna is one of the most beloved Italian footballers of the 60s and 70s. Until the 2000s he was coach and technical director of Mantova. Currently he enjoys his family and retirement always following football on television.

MINE (84)

Born Anna Maria Mazzini, she is known throughout the world by her stage name Mina, one of the most famous and inimitable singers in the history of music. Her very long career began thanks to the fortunate meeting with Gino Paoli who in 1960 asked her to sing one of his songs Il Cielo in una Stanza. This song marked Mina’s destiny forever, ranking her as an authentic universal artistic talent. From that moment on, Mina became the protagonist of historic Rai programs such as Canzonissima, Studio Uno: her great stage presence had a great impact on the public who adore her and gave her immense satisfaction. However, 1978 was the year of the turning point: Mina decided to stop singing and retired to private life in Switzerland where she still lives today next to her husband Eugenio Quaini, a retired heart surgeon. Here the legendary singer leads a quieter life, away from the spotlight, dedicating herself only to her husband and grandchildren.

CLAUDIA MORI (81)

Claudia Mori is an Italian actress, singer and television producer known for being the wife of Adriano Celentano. The meeting with the Molleggiato in fact completely changed her life both from a sentimental and professional point of view: a perfect 360° partnership. Claudia met the one who would become her future husband on the set of the film Uno strano Tipo: from that moment they became inseparable until they got married in 1964. From the famous showman Mori had three children: Rosalinda, Rosita and Giacomo. After a brilliant career as an actress with over 20 successful films, as a singer with 7 music albums; she is currently a producer of fiction for television and since 1991 has managed the record company Clan Celentano.

PATTY RIGHT (76)

Patty Pravo, born Nicoletta Strambelli, is an icon of Italian and international music: a woman with a refined and chameleonic style, able to always keep up with the times by inventing fashions and costumes that have been her strong point since the beginning, when she was the Piper girl for everyone. Patty has imposed herself to the attention of the Star System precisely for her unique charisma, her unmistakable voice and her being so mysterious and ethereal: a woman who has fascinated and continues to fascinate entire generations. A long career of successes and gratifications unfortunately also studded with sad and heavy episodes: depression and anxiety have gripped her for years. Fortunately, Patty Pravo has the ability to reinvent herself: understanding the potential of the new means of communication of social media, she has found in this way thousands of followers who passionately follow not only her artistic path but also discuss current issues together.

JOHNNY DORELLI (87)

Giorgio Domenico Guidi, stage name Johnny Dorelli, is an Italian actor, pianist and showman who is highly appreciated by the public thanks to his artistic contribution to cinema, television, theatre and music. In 1979 he met his colleague Gloria Guida, an Italian comedy actress, whom he married and with whom he had his daughter Guendalina. The showman has now retired to private life due to some ailments related to age. His last appearance on television dates back to 2018, when he was a guest of Fabio Fazio on the show Che Tempo che Fa. On this occasion, Dorelli declared that he had not performed for about ten years, that he had a quiet domestic lifestyle, consisting of a few walks and good reading of newspapers and books.

ANNA OXA (63)

Anna Oxa is an Italian singer who was very successful until the early 2000s. After that, we saw her appear less and less on television. Today, she is now 60 years old, she lives far from the world of music, having chosen a quieter life surrounded by nature. In an interview with Corriere della Sera, Oxa declared that after her last television appearance in 2016 on the jury of Amici di Maria De Filippi, she decided to move to Switzerland to a house immersed in the mountains, surrounded by woods, streams, plants and flowers. This is now the singer’s new life: she lives in an eternal present in which she no longer pays attention to the passing of time so as not to waste life. For this reason, Oxa has chosen Switzerland as the ideal place to live, where the relationship with nature is concrete, clean, not artificial.

VASCO ROSSI (73)

Great Vasco. An artist who represents the icon of Italian rock music but also an idol for entire generations who follow him, love him, adore him, idolize him. Vasco’s life was truly reckless: a man who is sometimes uncomfortable because he always says what he thinks, including uncomfortable truths, an influential figure on young people because he has always been able to interpret the mood and conscience of young and old. It is therefore not surprising that he has never had a crisis in over 40 years of success. Vasco is also highly appreciated as the author of significant phrases in his songs that have become authentic aphorisms.

BARBARA ALBERTI (81)

Writer, journalist and multi-faceted character, Barbara Alberti has become a well-known face on television as a witty commentator and a decidedly unconventional woman. Since 2009, the writer has run a column in Il Fatto Quotidiano and a correspondence column with readers of Gioia, Confidenze and D-La Repubblica delle donne. Alberti also fights for women’s rights and the achievement of greater dignity against all forms of discrimination. When the current year 2022 began, some journalists asked her what her best wish was for readers. The writer, without any hesitation, answered inclusion of intelligence, spirit and sense of truth.

CLAUDIA CARDINALE (86)

An internationally renowned actress, Claudia Cardinale represented the Mediterranean feminine ideal in Hollywood. Even David Nieven said that Cardinale was the most beautiful Italian invention after spaghetti. The actress is certainly one of the most significant and prominent figures in the history of cinema, which includes a career spanning over 60 years and numerous films of various cinematographic genres. Even today, when Cardinale is over 80, she continues to act: in 2020 she took part in Rogue City, and is also very active in the theater, as well as in tributes and celebratory exhibitions. We also remember that the actress is also a UNESCO ambassador: she fights for the rights of women and children, offering concrete help to the children of Cambodia.

MICHELE CUCUZZA (72)

Michele Cucuzza is an Italian journalist and television host who is highly regarded by the public for his professional success at Rai, at Tg2 and in the famous program La Vita in Diretta. After a long break, the host has decided to return to work in his beloved Sicily to host the news program on Antenna Sicilia. An authentic return to his origins. In the past, Cucuzza had also worked on behalf of local broadcasters such as Buon Pomeriggio on Telenorba. Now that he has returned to hosting a news program, all of this for him is like a circle that closes, alluding precisely to his debut in hosting Tg2.

CLAUDIA RIVELLI (74)

Claudia Rivelli was an actress who starred in Lancio photo stories shot in the 70s, and is also the sister of the equally famous actress Ornella Muti. Claudia was also the star of some Carosello commercials. Last year, Rivelli hit the headlines for her arrest in her Rome home, apparently caught with two bottles of date rape drugs that were about to be sent to London by her son Giovanni Leone. The actress’s justification did not convince investigators: in fact, she allegedly claimed that the bottles were used to polish the family silverware as per tradition and that her son uses them to clean his car.

EDWIGE FENECH (76)

Edwige Fenech is an actress and film producer with French and Italian citizenship, known to the public for having interpreted some Italian giallo films and erotic films between the 60s and 70s. In 1991, Fenech tried her hand at hosting the Sanremo Festival with Andrea Occhipinti and Domenica In. The actress has also demonstrated great acting skills in some fiction for Rai and in the theater. Currently, she has set her life in a quieter dimension, not directly under the spotlight but as a successful film and television producer thanks to her internationally famous image.

KESSLER TWINS (87)

Alice and Ellen are known as the Kessler twins, a German artistic duo that has made its fortune in Italy since the 60s. The Kessler twins are an authentic piece of pop culture and a symbol of television even for those generations who have not seen them dance their historic da-da-un-pa with their kilometer-long legs. The two dancers have not worked for some time now but have always been very close in life and in their profession. They currently live in Munich in a large house: both have never married or had children. Sometimes they return to Italy to participate as guests on some programs.

LUCA SWORN (85)

Luca Giurato is an Italian journalist and television host much loved by the public for having hosted the program Uno Mattina on Rai. Giurato has often been invited as a commentator on some programs such as L’Isola dei Famosi and I Raccomandati. His innate sympathy and above all his numerous gaffes have made him a very popular character throughout Italy and often good-naturedly targeted in the satire of Gialappa’s Band in Mai dire gol. For some years now he has not been seen on television and many have wondered where he has gone. Given his age, Luca has simply decided to retire to private life enjoying his retirement and a well-deserved rest after a long and satisfying career.

SANDRO MAZZOLA (80)

Sandro Mazzola was a footballer who played as a striker for Inter, one of the strongest and most talented players of the late 60s and 70s. He was European champion in 1968 and vice world champion in 1970 with the Italian national team. The great champion currently lives in Vedano and in 2021 he inaugurated the reopening of the senior center in via Italia named after Sandro Pertini. A facility that aims to be a point of socialization among guests through cultural, recreational and entertainment events. Mazzola is currently enjoying his family and the well-deserved rest given by his long and brilliant football career.