An overdose of drugs would have killed Paolo Calissano, a well-known face of the fictional years 1999-2000.
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Paolo Calissano was found dead at fifty-four at home in the Balduina area of Rome. The discovery dates back to yesterday evening, Thursday 30 December, but as Agi reports, the body had been in the house for at least two days. The Genoese actor was one of the well-known faces of fictional events of the 1900s and 2000s and has starred in various TV series such as ‘Dottoressa Gio’, ‘Linda e il Brigadiere’ and ‘Vivere’. The hypothesis is that the actor died due to a ‘overdose of psychotropic drugs.
The hypotheses on the death of Calissano
Calissano suffered from depression, on his bedside table and scattered in various other parts of the house there were in fact several packs of medicines. It is not clear at the moment, however, whether it was an involuntary death or a suicide and investigations are underway. It was around 11 pm when the carabinieri entered his home and found him lifeless.
Investigations into the death of the actor Paolo Calissano
It was to give the alarm girlfriend, who could not get in touch with him. The intervention of the medical personnel arrived by ambulance was useless, unfortunately there was nothing for Calissano to do to save his life. The medical examiner arrived inside the apartment to ascertain the death. On the body from a first examination no signs of violence were found. Once the first on-site checks were completed, the body was transferred to the morgue, where it is at the disposal of the Judicial Authority, for the carrying out of theautopsy.
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Today the autopsy at the Gemelli hospital
From what we learn theautopsy on Calissano’s body it will be performed today at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome. The results of the autopsy examinations will serve to shed light on the affair, with respect to which the investigations of the military coordinated by the Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office are underway.
Calissano had been sentenced to 4 years in prison for drugs
Calissano had been sentenced to four years in prison for drugs. The actor’s name was in fact involved in the past in the dramatic episode that in 2005 saw the death of the Brazilian dancer Ana Lucia Bandeira, found lifeless inside her home, killed by an overdose of cocaine. The accusation recognized by the judges was that of having sold her the drug. A sentence that he served in the Community for drug addicts ‘Fermata d’Autobus’ of Trofarello in Piedmont. In 2008, however, he tested positive for cocaine following tests for the verification of the drug in the blood after a car accident.
Who was Paolo Calissano
The actor Paolo Calissano was the son of an Air Force officer and of the noble Mercedes Galeotti de ‘Teasti of the Counts of Mantua. Calissano began his professional career in the 1980s with a television commercial. In 1990 he trained while studying acting at Boston University’s School of Arts. After his entry into the world of entertainment, with experience in cinema and TV, he participated in various programs on the small screen, including ‘Giochi senza frontiere’ (1993-1994) and ‘Entry ban’ on Rete 4 with Natalia Estrada and later on Italia 1 with Samantha de Grenet in the 8mm amateur video program.
From the Brancaccio Theater to the latest interviews
In 2004 Calissano participated in ‘The island of the famous’, a game from which he came out with a knee injury. After serving his sentence, he returned to acting, this time on the stage of the Brancaccio Theater in Rome with the musical ‘A step from the dream’, written by Maurizio Costanzo and Enrico Vaime, a collaboration that was then interrupted due to his state of malaise. His last words in the interviews given to Barbara D’Urso on Domenica Live in 2014 and the Maurizio Costanzo show: “My life without love, I was reborn thanks to my girlfriend Fabiola Palese and to writing”.
Paolo Calissano and Maurizio Costanzo
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