Overview
- Giada De Blanck said the funeral will be held Thursday, February 12, at the Gran Madre di Dio church in Rome’s Ponte Milvio, asking mourners to donate to a children’s osteosarcoma charity instead of sending flowers.
- De Blanck died in Rome at 85, with the death made public on February 9 via her daughter’s Instagram post; the family has not detailed the specific cause beyond describing a severe, privately faced illness.
- Italian media and colleagues paid tribute to the self-styled “contessa del popolo,” recalling a decades-long public life that bridged aristocratic society and popular TV.
- Her on-screen career began as a valletta on Il Musichiere and later included Chiambretti c’è, L’Isola dei Famosi in 2008, and Grande Fratello Vip in 2020.
- Coverage has revisited her lineage linking the Venetian Dario family and Cuban diplomacy, and some reports speculate her estate could pass to Giada, though no official testament details have been released.