Just today, Tuesday 4 Juneis celebrated the anniversary of his death of one of the most iconic artists of all time: Massimo Troisi. A symbol of Italian cinema of the 1980s that made entire generations laugh with interpretations that inevitably remained in history. The comedian from San Giorgio a Cremano is passed away prematurely in 1994 following an illness, but not without having lived a life full of twists and turns and, above all, of Love. Let’s find out more.
All the loves of Massimo Troisi
Despite Massimo Troisi passed away prematurely at the age of 41in his short life he was able to count well four great loves. The first important woman in his life, with whom he had a long relationship that lasted from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties, was Anna Pavignano, screenwriter of many films by Troisi himself. After a long relationship, however, the two decided to separate, continuing to see each other only for professional reasons.
Subsequently, Massimo Troisi met Jo ChampaAmerican actress, model and journalist, on the set of the film The ways of the lord are finished and he then had a relationship with her that lasted about two years. In the last years of his life he was also romantically linked to Clarissa Burtactress and model, but the woman who accompanied him until his last moments was the actress and showgirl Nathaly Caldonazzo.
Nathaly was only 23 years old when she met Massimo Troisi for the first time in a restaurant in Rome in 1992. “He looked for me everywhere like a madman. Then he managed to find my number and invited me for coffee. We chatted and I heard the metallic ticking of his heart“, said Nathaly Caldonazzo.
Massimo Troisi: the last film, illness and death
Is exactly Nathaly Caldonazzo she remained next to Massimo Troisi until the end. Due to some heart problems, Massimo Troisi had already undergone surgery in the past to have two mechanical valves implanted. In 1993, finding himself in Los Angeles to write The postmanTroisi took the opportunity to go to the Houston clinic again for a heart check-up. The doctors immediately noticed that his condition was serious and subjected him to emergency surgery, with Nathaly Caldonazzo always by his side.
During the operation, the actor had a heart attack. The doctors managed to save him but also told him that to survive he would have to undergo a heart transplant. His love for cinema, however, was too strong, and so, despite the doctors’ recommendations, Troisi decided to complete his last film anyway: The postman.
The conditions of Massimo Troisi they got worse and the actor died in his sleep of a heart attack on June 4, 1994.
