{"id":103,"date":"2025-11-27T08:25:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/?p=103"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:25:56","slug":"beloved-singer-dies-after-suffering-heart-attack-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Beloved singer dies after suffering heart attack at home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ornella Vanoni, the beloved Italian singer whose career spanned more than seven decades and whose unforgettable voice left an indelible mark on generations of music lovers, has died at 91.<\/p>\n

Passing away late Friday at her home in Milan from cardiac arrest, her deeply moving final request is once again capturing the world\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n

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Mourned by the Prime Minister
\nCelebrated as \u201cThe Lady of Italian Song,\u201d Vanoni recorded over 100 albums, sold more than 55 million records during her career.<\/p>\n

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She became one of Italy\u2019s most iconic performers with hits like Senza Fine and L\u2019appuntamento. Her music crossed borders, blending jazz, pop, and folk, and she collaborated with legends like Gil Evans, Herbie Hancock and George Benson.<\/p>\n

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her sorrow on X, calling Vanoni\u2019s voice \u201cunmistakable\u201d and her legacy \u201can unrepeatable artistic heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vanoni\u2019s journey to stardom wasn\u2019t easy.<\/p>\n

Born in Milan in 1934 to a well-off family, she initially pursued theater, studying in Switzerland, Britain, and France.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are birth dates that are not recorded in paperwork but which are, instead, the days when you finally become who you really are,\u201d she wrote in her memoir Vincente o perdente (\u201cWinner or Loser\u201d), recalling the terror she felt before stepping onto the stage at Milan\u2019s Piccolo Teatro.<\/p>\n

Her role in Ocean\u2019s Twelve
\nHer first love was theatre director Giorgio Strehler, 13 years her senior, but she would soon find another in music. Collaborating \u2014 and romantically entangle d\u2014 with famed Italian singer-songwriter Gino Paoli, she shot to international fame in 1961 with the hit Senza Fine.<\/p>\n

Vanoni\u2019s career was defined by versatility and daring. She was nicknamed Cantante della mala (\u201cunderworld singer\u201d) for her early songs about Milan\u2019s criminal underworld, yet she could move seamlessly into sophisticated pop, jazz, and collaborations with contemporary artists.<\/p>\n

Her song L\u2019appuntamento, a 1970 adaptation of the Brazilian classic Sentado \u00e0 beira do caminho, found a new generation of fans when it appeared in the soundtrack of Steven Soderbergh\u2019s Ocean\u2019s Twelve in 2004.<\/p>\n

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She starred on stage, in television shows, and in films. In January 1977, she posed nude for the Italian edition of Playboy and asked her longtime friend, artist Arnaldo Pomodoro, for a statuette as payment.<\/p>\n

Her life off-stage was equally vivid. She married Lucio Ardenzi in 1960, with whom she had a son, Cristiano, but later admitted she never truly loved him. Reflecting on her tangled personal life, she said in a 2024 interview:<\/p>\n

\u201dI didn\u2019t know what to do with myself. I had broken up with Strehler, who was married; I loved Paoli, who was married; I met Ardenzi, I got married.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relationship with Versace and Armani
\nEven in her later years, Vanoni remained a cultural force \u2014 gracing talk shows with her wit, collaborating with younger artists, and sharing candid reflections on aging, solitude, and creativity.<\/p>\n

She also navigated English with ease, her time studying at Cambridge giving her a polished, cosmopolitan air. In her memoir, she described herself with poetic honesty:<\/p>\n

\u201dI am one of those women. Women on fire, fragile and full of tenderness, sheltered behind nervous outbursts, elegant detachment, and sarcasm. Desperate and happy, alone and celebrated, furious and delicate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vanoni\u2019s influence extended beyond music. A friend of Gianni Versace, she inspired legendary designers like Giorgio Armani and Valentino.<\/p>\n

Her last wish
\nShe participated eight times in Italy\u2019s prestigious Sanremo Music Festival, earning second place in 1968, and became the only Italian female artist to win the Tenco Award twice as a songwriter.<\/p>\n

Her last wishes reflected the independent, theatrical spirit that defined her life. She told the Italian TV show Che Tempo Che Fa:<\/p>\n

\u201dThe coffin should be cheap because I want to be cremated. Then throw me in the sea, maybe in Venice. I have the dress. It\u2019s by Dior.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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