Toni Santagata died, the singer-songwriter was 85 years old – Corriere.it

Suddenly died Toni Santagata, singer, songwriter, composer, radio and TV presenter, very popular in the 70s and 80s

died suddenly Toni Santagata, singer, songwriter, composer, radio and TV presenter, very popular in the 70s and 80s, stand-up comedian, star of many broadcasts of the time. Many tours also abroad. He was 85 years old, his name was Antonio Morese and he was born in Sant’Agata di Puglia on 9 December 1935).

Cross career

In 1974 Canzonissima won with the song Lu Maritiello. Among his pieces, Quant ‘bello lu primm’ammore, which cost him a Rai censorship in the 60s, and Squadra Grande, the theme song for the historic TV program Golflash. For public TV, among other things, he hosted the children’s program Il dirigibile, while for Radio Rai he hosted and wrote the programs Miramare, Radio taxi, Di riffa o di Raffa, Radio Punk. Many concerts in Italy and abroad, among which the two evenings of 1976 at Madison Square Garden in New York are memorable. In October 1992 he was hired for a concert in Piazza S. Giovanni in Rome, filmed by Rai 1, which was attended by 500,000 people. Over the course of his career he has written 6 modern musical works. The most well-known is Padre Pio Santo of Hope, performed in the Vatican in the Paul VI Hall on the evening of the canonization of the Saint. The final song, Padre Pio I need you, has become the official prayer of the saint’s faithful. He was also one of the founders of the National Actors, of which he was the top scorer for a long time. The last video appearance dates back to October 22, to Today another day.

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