Overview
- Riondino, a singer-songwriter and actor, died Sunday at his home in Rome at 73, according to a post by his friend Chiara Rapaccini.
- Funeral services are set for Tuesday, March 31, at 11 a.m. at the Chiesa degli Artisti in Piazza del Popolo.
- Across five decades he worked in music, theater, television and film, co-writing the 1981 hit Maracaibo and appearing on the Maurizio Costanzo Show and Quelli che il calcio.
- His final, unfinished project, the Scuola dei Giullari, sought to pass on songcraft and oral-poetry traditions through a distributed training center.
- News reports note he had faced a serious illness for years and he is survived by his wife, Giovanna Savignano, and his daughter, Giada.