translated from Spanish: Italian singer Raffaella Carrà died at the age of 78

The multifaceted Italian singer Raffaella Carrà, known for her songs such as “Fiesta”, “En el amor todo es empezar”, “Hay que venir al sur” and “Caliente, caliente”, has died at the age of 78, italian media report today. The news has been given by his former partner Sergio Iapino, who has pointed out in a message: “Raffaella has left us, he has left us. He has gone to a better world, where his humanity, his unmistakable laughter and his extraordinary talent will shine forever,” according to the same information. Iapino explained to the Ansa news agency that she died at 4.20 p.m. local time, after an illness that had been attacking her body for some time and of which she has not given more details, and described her as a “woman out of the ordinary but endowed with a surprising simplicity” who “did not have children but always said that she had thousands of them”. It is unknown at the moment when or where the funeral will be held, but Iapino has acknowledged that “he had asked for a simple unfinished wooden coffin and an urn to contain his ashes.” She was born Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni, her real name, on June 18, 1943 in Bologna (Emilia-Romagna, center) and at 10 she moved to Rome, where she began taking classical dance lessons. Carrà was much loved all over the world. His spontaneity conquered first Italy, then Spain, where he became a myth in the conservative Spanish society of the mid-seventies, and from there he made the leap to Latin America, where he walked through the most important television programs.

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