how he died, his illness, the memory of his daughters

Mino Reitanoat the registry office Beniamino Reitanowas and still is one of the Italian singer-songwriters most loved. His interpretative exuberance remained in everyone’s memory, as did the immensity of his masterpieces, among which we remember I had a heart that loved you so much, A guitar, a hundred illusions, Tonight there’s no laughing and no dancing, A wound deep in the heart, My Calabria and many others. Mino Reitano died in 2009 following one illnessbut the daughters, guests today at The right time, they remember him every day with love, both as a person and as an artist. Let’s find out more.

How Mino Reitano died: the disease

The great artist Mino Reitano And died in 2009 at the age of 64 years old following one illness which, despite the hard and long battle, unfortunately left him no escape: the bowel cancer. The first treatments against the tumor had not given good results, and for this reason Reitano underwent two important surgical interventions. The outcome, however, in this too was negative.

“The last period was an ordeal, we tried to keep everything hidden from him but he was an intelligent person. In the days of his illness I asked to take me, not to take him, I was not granted. We would have liked to grow old together. We tried to shield him in every way but we couldn’t. It was terrible to see him go, to this day my daughters and I cry“, his wife revealed Patrizia Vernola in an interview with Sunday In from a few years ago.

Mino Reitano, the memory of his daughters Giuseppina and Grazia

Mino Reitanoupon his death, he therefore left the wife Patrizia Vernolawith him since she was just over 18, and the two daughters Giuseppina Elena and Grazia Benedetta. The eldest daughter came into the world in 1978, the second daughter the following year. The daughters have always remained out of the spotlight, living a very quiet life, but they have never held back in the remember his father both as a man and as an artist.

“When he went through difficult times, for example he wasn’t always chosen for Sanremo, we observed this suffering even if he did everything to cover it up – he said Grazia Reitano to BellaMa’ – But we knew very well that he was upset, but he needed to stay alone for a moment to find the strength to smile despite the disappointment.“.

“He suffered a lot from unfair criticism because he always questioned himself. Where perhaps one went too far in a context that did not concern his professionalism as an artist, or thought that he did not reflect the truth, then he suffered and it even happened to see him cry. Sometimes he stopped because he thought we were suffering more than him when he saw him like that“, he instead revealed Giuseppina Reitano talking about father’s relationship with criticism.