This year there is a great event for Italian entertainment, let’s talk about centenary of the birth of the famous actor Walter Chiari. He was one of the best-known comedians of Italian entertainment, as well as a leading exponent of Italian comedy, marking an entire generation of television artists. The event will obviously be adequately celebrated, thanks to the commitment of son Simone Annicchiarico, who decided to make a book which pays homage to the life of the famous father. Not only that, the young man he then joined forces with Mara Venierto organize together a guest on his Domenica In to talk about Walter and his successful career in entertainment, and maybe even some anecdotes about his private life. But Who was Walter Chiari really after all? Are we sure we know everything there is to know about him? Here are the most important details of his life and the curiosities you may not yet know.
Walter’s difficult past, drugs, prison and his son Simone
The famous actor admitted years ago that he had fallen into the vortex of drugs: In an exclusive 1984 interview with the Domenica del Corriere Walter Chiari revealed: “I too gave in to the lure of drugs. But I never became a drug addict or a drug dealer.” However, this still had major repercussions on his career, so much that cost him a place in Rai and take him to prison, after being entangled in the statements of a repentant. He was acquitted of the resulting charges, but the resulting personal problems permanently marked the cabaret artist’s life. This problem also had repercussions on his son Simone, who began to see his father as an unsafe person to rely on, so much so that in the past he even defined him as “The King of Liars”underlining their character differences, then adding: “Once he posed as a doctor and gave a highly acclaimed lecture. He was drafted into the Decima Mas but deserted.”
Famous flirtations and the relationship with his wife Alida Chelli (ex of Pippo Baudo)
After being linked to famous women like Lucia Boséwith whom he remained for almost four years before being left for the bullfighter Miguèl Dominguin, with Mina, Daniela Poggi and also Maria Gabriella of Savoyhe finally met Alida Chellidaughter of the soundtrack composer and conductor Carlo Rustichelli, and Italian actress and singer. She made herself known with her version of the song Sinnò me moro, which opens the film Un maledetto gioco. In 1966 she then met Walter Chiari, the couple married rather earlyin 1969, and the following year their only child was born, Simone Annicchiarico himself. But the couple didn’t last long, in fact, the two remained together only until 1981. At that point Alida then had a relationship with Count Riccardo Rocky Agusta, she had no particular follow-up, and then became romantically involved with Pippo Baudo, and remained with him for seven years. She then died in Rome after falling ill with cancer, in 2012, at the age of 69.
The death of Walter Chiari
The actor’s death dates back to December 20, 1991. His body was found lifeless, dressed as the previous evening, sitting on the armchair in front of the TV, normally turned on as if nothing had happened. At that point the cabaret artist’s body was subjected to an autopsy which highlighted how cause of death a heart attack. After the funeral, which took place the following day, the actor was taken to the monumental cemetery in Milan. Four years after his death, his body was exhumed for further investigation which involved the actor’s former physiotherapist, who was investigated for unauthorized drug treatment. But nothing obvious emerged, elThe judiciary archived everything in 1996.
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