his son Niko and the disease

Toto Cutugnothe famous singer-songwriter who died on August 22, 2023, at the age of 80, after a long illnesswas married to wife Carla Galli since 1971. The couple had no children, although the artist had an extramarital affair which led to the birth of son Niko guest from Mara Venier to Sunday In on May 5, 2024. The betrayal, forgiven immediately by his life partner, strengthened their bond to the point that Carla herself pushed him to recognize his son. But let’s look at the details together marriagethe relationship with the son, the death of his sister Anna and the illness faced with Al Bano.

Toto Cutugno, who is his wife Carla Galli and son Niko

Toto Cutugno and his wife Carla they had been married for 50 years and their love never wavered. The artist himself had confirmed this during an interview given to Corriere della Sera in 2018, when he spoke about his beloved’s reaction to the betrayal: “Carla could have kicked me out of the house but she didn’t. The first thing she told me was to recognize my son and give him my surname“. And speaking of his son Niko, a graduate in Economics, the singer-songwriter has always used only beautiful words to describe him, both in newspapers and on social media: “He is one of those many good Italian guys on whom our country should focus“, he told Corriere della Sera, while on social media he often published photographs of them together with very sweet captions, such as: “Niko is my light, he lights up the days” And “Thank God he now lives in Milan and so we are almost always together“. Later, he also spoke about the role of father during an interview for TV, Smiles and Songs in 2019: “Merit 10 in loyalty. I have always taught my son Niko to live like this, without disrespecting anyone. What did he teach me? To be honest. If I lie Niko gets angry. But I really like lies“.

His sister’s death before his eyes

Not only joys, but also many pains, like the loss of his sister, who died of suffocation before him: “I saw my sister Anna, the eldest, die before my eyes, suffocated. She was eating dumplings and one of them went wrong. She was 7 years old, I was 5. A few months later my brother Roberto was born, for whom I love my soul, he fell ill with meningitis and since then, as the doctor predicted, he has had a troubled life. And then my other sister, Rosanna, who was the first child to have heart surgery in Italy, in Turin. Dad went into debt for that surgery. He finished paying in installments in 1978, two years before he died“.

Toto Cutugno’s illness

In 2007 doctors diagnosed Toto Cutugno a prostate tumor, which forced him to undergo surgery and undergo long therapy. The person directly involved revealed some more details about the actual situation at the time: “I had cancer metastases that almost reached my kidneys. If I didn’t have the operation immediately, the metastases would reach the kidneys and I would be finished“. The man discovered he had the disease thanks to the intervention of Al Bano Carrisi, who advised him to put himself in the hands of a specialist, as he later did. “I’m a miracle worker, so today I’m enjoying life. I enjoy it, life is a gift from God. Without hurting anyone, you must not be hypocritical. I have a shitty character, but I have a beautiful soul. They took out my right kidney. The only problem I have is that I can’t walk much, so at every concert I have my stool and sing with the guitar or piano… I can’t perform for 3 hours standing. Al Bano is one of the most true and honest people I have met, he gives you friendship“, the artist reported during a guest appearance following very true. Carrisi himself had confirmed what Cutugno said: “I already knew about the disease in 2004, when he came to me for advice, because I had friends at San Raffaele and I helped him with the first treatments and first diagnoses of prostate cancer. Then they gave him five months to live, but he lasted another twenty years“.

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