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Enrica Bonaccorti Dies at 76 After Battle With Pancreatic Cancer

The news, confirmed on X by Tg5 director Clemente Mimun, follows her 2025 disclosure of an inoperable pancreatic tumor.

Overview

  • Bonaccorti died at the Ars Biomedica clinic in Rome, as reported by la Repubblica.
  • She revealed a pancreatic cancer diagnosis in September 2025, later saying chemotherapy was halted, the tumor was inoperable, and she would start radiotherapy.
  • In a January 2026 TV interview she said she had few hopes yet was not despondent, noting treatments had not produced the desired results.
  • Over four decades she became a familiar Italian TV presence with programs including Italia Sera, Pronto, chi gioca? and Non è la Rai, after early work in theatre, radio and film.
  • Profiles note she wrote five books and worked as an author and lyricist, and some outlets differ on her exact birth date in November 1949 in Savona.