Overview
- Family, friends, and cultural figures filled Rome's Chiesa degli Artisti for the 11 a.m. funeral on Tuesday, including Nichi Vendola, Sabina and Corrado Guzzanti, Stefano Bollani, and Vincenzo Salemme.
- The service closed with a standing ovation from mourners.
- The program featured a tango at the piano by Stefano Bollani, a poem recited by Sabina Guzzanti, and Chiara Riondino singing Maracaibo.
- Father Guidalberto Bormolini said Riondino told friends he was ready to go and praised a life he described as "satiated with days."
- Colleagues mixed wit and grief as they urged younger audiences to revisit his prolific work across music, theater, film, television, and books after his death on Sunday at 73.