A dire prediction, with only 5 months to live: this is what the internationally renowned singer Al Bano Carrisi had to say.
The well-known singer Al Bano Carrisi he has practically made his career a work of art with which he is very satisfied, and rightly so.
The singer is one of the best known abroad and some of his successes were so important that they were known across generations, just think of the song “happiness”, whose refrain is very famous in Italy.
The duets with his ex-wife Romina Power they have always been much appreciated, and at the time their relationship was at the center of the gossip columns, as was their breakup, following which the singer established a lasting union, although not sealed by marriage, with the well-known show girl Loredana Lecciso – a decision that many citizens still struggle to swallow given the shattered dream of love of the well-known couple Al Bano and Romina.
His solo career continued, as did his private life which saw a beautiful birth, that of his daughter, with Lecciso, Jasmine Carrisi, She is also now in the world of entertainment thanks to her singing talent. It seems, however, that a tragic side of the singer’s life has never fully come out: his story has aroused a certain melancholy.
Al Bano Carrisi: the story of his singer friend
In addition to the duets with Romina Power, Al Bano also remembers his partnership with another great artist who passed away in August last year: Toto Cutugno.
The anniversary of his death is approaching, and the void that the artist has left can be perceived within the Italian music scene as it is a lack that has been expressed by many colleagues, including Al Bano himself, who already last year he had recalled, in an interview with Corriere, a truly delicate period in the life of his friend and colleague: the first years of illness.
From 5 months to 20 years: Cutugno’s life expectancy
“Then they gave him five months to live, but he lasted another twenty years”: these are the words words of the well-known singer to Corriere della Sera regarding the memory of Toto Cutugno, his friend, although considered by many to be the singer’s rival.
He had received a diagnosis of prostate cancer, yet the doctors’ predictions had been greatly exceeded, and Cutugno had been able to give the world other 20 years of his presence on this Earth.
