Italian icon: TV and music star Raffaella Carrà is dead

Italian icon: TV and music star Raffaella Carrà is dead

According to media reports, Italy’s music and TV star Raffaella Carrà has died. She had been sick for some time.

The Italian actor and music icon Raffaella Carrà (1943-2021) has died at the age of 78. She had been sick for some time, on Monday (July 5th).

Carrà’s death was confirmed by her long-time partner, the choreographer Sergio Iapino. He told the media that the entertainer has “left us. She is now in a better world where her humanity, her distinctive smile and her extraordinary talent will shine forever”.

In 1965 she was seen on the big screen alongside Frank Sinatra

Carrà was a true legend of the entertainment industry in Italy. The all-rounder from Bologna, who achieved fame as a singer, actress, dancer and presenter, played alongside US star Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) in the film “Colonel von Ryan’s Express” in 1965 – at that time under the stage name Raffaella Pelloni. Carrà later achieved cult status on Spanish and Italian television and became an icon of the gay scene.

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