It will close in the Campidoglio at 18, in the hall of the Protomoteca, the funeral home of Maurice Costanzo, the journalist who passed away on Friday at the age of 84. An uninterrupted flow of people paid their respects to the TV doyen on Saturday. Lots of affection and emotion also from the personalities of the world of entertainment, culture and politics.
To welcome the coffin early yesterday morning two of the children, the director Xavier Costanzo with Camilla Costanzoscreenwriter, while the widow Maria DeFilippi she arrived, passing through a side entrance, together with the couple’s son, Gabriel. The presenter also welcomed the premier together with the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri Giorgia Meloni. On Monday there will be a solemn funeral at the church of the Artists in Piazza del Popolo.
Nunzia De Girolamo: “He told me I had to do television”
“I met Maurizio 24 years ago, he offered me to do television and I had to graduate in Law, so I refused. I never saw him again until five – six years ago when he summoned me and I told him I was that little girl that she had told him no. He replied “I told you you had to do television”. In recent years it was a habit to have coffee with him. We will miss him”.
So the former MP Nunzia DeGirolamo coming out of Maurizio Costanzo’s funeral home accompanied by her husband Francesco Boccia.
Demo Morselli: “The entertainment world will live a long time thanks to his ideas”
Costanzo, the memory of Demo Morselli: “This world of entertainment will live for years thanks to him, he was full of ideas”
Aurelio De Laurentis: “We had some projects together”
“We worked together in 1981 on a text which later became a television broadcast for Rete4 called “Stasera amore”, which spoke of the loves of Italians and was very successful. More than 6 million viewers. He has always remained with him this relationship of great friendship, respect, and great mutual esteem”. He says it Aurelius de Laurentiis arriving at the funeral home for Maurizio Costanzo at the Campidoglio in the hall of the Protomoteca. “Lately we’ve been seeing each other very often – he added – because Maurizio would have liked to get involved in cinema again. He was also a fan of horror and television series. Then he had written the story of “A particular day” together with Ettore Scola. Maurizio leaves , but he didn’t think it could happen and he hoped that this partnership could last. We had met to discuss something we could do together”.
Roberto D’Agostino talks to his family
Even the journalist and creator of Dagospia, Robert D’Agostino he wanted to pay a last farewell to conductor Maurizio Costanzo at the funeral home set up in the Campidoglio. After stopping for a few minutes with Costanzo’s family, D’Agostino left the Protomoteca room without making a statement to the numerous journalists present.
The puffs of the collaborators
A small tray of cream puffs was left next to Maurizio Costanzo’s coffin. This was done by the TV couple’s closest collaborators who explain “Maurice liked to eat them after the broadcasts. It is a tribute to him”
Gigi D’Alessio: “I carry him in my heart, he was the first to believe in me”
“He believed in me before Sanremo, he was the first. Our bond has lasted for 30 years. He made me make many bets on the Costanzo Show, there will be at least 40-50. He was a man who was always smiling with me and I have the whole collection of the turtles that he gave away every time I went as a guest, it was his lucky charm and it brought me luck too. The last time we met right on the Costanzo Show when the program celebrated its 40th birthday, it was a beautiful evening”. What I will always carry with me is his smile. He was an intelligent, loyal, generous man. I carry it in my heart. I felt the good of him. ” The memory of Gigi D’Alessio
Costanzo, the emotion of Gigi D’Alessio in front of the coffin
A woman takes a selfie with Maria De Filippi in front of the coffin
A woman takes a selfie with Maria De Filippi in front of Maurizio Costanzo’s coffin
Sofia Goggia: “I went downhill with a mustache”
“As someone who recently passed away would say, I went downhill with a mustache.” After the free descent of Crans Montana where he is in the lead Sofia Goggia Maurizio Costanzo recalls.
Antonio Giuliani: “He took me from the street, he was like a father to me”
“I can’t find the words, he took me from the street, he was like a father. I went the other way. I was already doing small shows in Rome, once they told me that Iacchetti was in the front row because he had been sent by Maurizio. In fact, after a month he called me. The first meeting? I went in and I was scared, Maurizio had this impact of an important character. He turned around, looked at me and said: “I knew, but how can you do that so many people at the theater without you advertising on TV?”. Before leaving, I made a stupid joke: “Good shirt everyone, if it suits you, it suits everyone”. I don’t know why, I immediately regretted it. After years however he said: “You went out and I laughed for 20 minutes”. It is the memory of Antonio Giuliani. “I lived with him for 9 years at the Parioli Theater, I was the artistic director there where he recorded the Maurizio Costanzo Show. When did he scold me? Once I went to Rai without warning him. Not that he was against it, on the contrary, he was happy. But like a father he wanted to be warned about everything”
Enrico Mentana: “He had the same wavelength as people’s interests and curiosities”
“We worked twenty years together. The strength of a character like him, as well as other faces of TV, is that you see him after thirty years and he is always current. He was more a friend than a teacher. He always valued the others, playing as a team. He didn’t think he was Costanzo and you weren’t. He knew how to take the wavelength of people’s interests and curiosities. Costanzo and I met occasionally in 1988 in Venice, he kept track of the press conferences at the cinema exhibition. Then we met again at Canale 5.” The memory of Henry Mentana
Demo Morselli: “With him we always improvised, never anything prepared”
“When we were at the Costanzo show, in a non-social era, he didn’t have a script or something written, because he always went off the cuff. This thing has always been his practice. We never prepared anything, but only improvised. He taught me that to have a long life in the world of TV entertainment you must always stay one step behind, without exaggerating. I saw him recently, I have an image of a lucid man, always projected towards the future. piece of Italian history, not just TV”. It’s the musician’s Demo Morselli
Barbara Alberti: “She transmitted so much serenity”
“I was terrified before going on his show, like Christians at the Colosseum, but in the end he put you at ease. It’s easy to talk good things about someone who’s gone, but he’s still alive. He was also a genius of humor More than words, I remember that it conveyed serenity”. It is the memory of the writer Barbara Alberti
The emotion of Mastandrea who places a rose on the coffin
Costanzo, Valerio Mastandrea places a rose next to the coffin
Lots of kids lined up in the rain
Despite the rain, many Romans lined up to greet Maurizio Costanzo. There are many boys, a sign of the transversal popularity of the deceased journalist. After Zingaretti, the greetings of Sabrina Alfonsi, councilor for the environment of the Municipality of Rome
Veronica Pivetti: “I have to be here today”
I have often been his guest, both on radio and on TV. I always have a memory of good conversations. You were a fan of the TV drama Come on again Prof. She said to me: ‘Why aren’t you a teacher anymore?’ I replied: ‘It doesn’t depend on me, you have to ask Rai!’. I don’t know what exactly he liked. It is right to come and say hello today”
Nicola Zingaretti: “I will never stop thanking him for his advice”
“There has always been his civil commitment to Rome, his curiosity and I will never stop thanking him for his advice. For all of us it is as if he were part of our apartment. Costanzo has always been there”. The former president of the Lazio Region says so Nicola Zingaretti at the funeral home for Maurizio Costanzo in the hall of the Protomoteca in Campidoglio. “In my political life he has always been distant, autonomous as he should have been – he added – but at the same time present to give advice. I am convinced he did it for his love for Rome, a city to which he gave so much as a curious and creative man”
Sangiuliano: “Solemn funerals for Costanzo”
The Minister of CultureGennaro Sangiuliano, ordered the solemn funeral for Maurizio Costanzo. The funeral will take place on Monday 27 February, at 3 pm, in Rome, in the Church of the Artists in Piazza del Popolo
From Maria de Filippi to lifelong friends. The video story
Farewell to Costanzo in Campidoglio, from Maria De Filippi to lifelong friends: the video story of the day
