
The funeral of Pippo Baudo, who passed away on Saturday, August 16, at the age of 89, will be held on Wednesday, August 20, at 3:00 p.m., at the Santuario Madonna della Stella in Militello in Val di Catania. The announcement was made by Giovanni Burtone, mayor of Militello, the hometown of the legendary Italian showman.
"We have always been proud to be the hometown of Pippo Baudo, but now there is so much suffering," he added, declaring a day of mourning for Wednesday.
Right here, in the same building where the presenter spent his last days, the funeral hall will be open on Sunday, August 17, but with entrance reserved for family and friends.
The Teatro delle Vittorie in Rome, one of the venues where he performed so often, will receive Pippo Baudo's coffin for a final farewell from the audience that loved him so much during his extraordinary sixty-year career.
The hall will be open on Monday, August 18, from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM and on Tuesday, August 19, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
A monument to Italian television, he was born in Militello in Val di Catania on June 7, 1936. A very long career as a protagonist, rewarded with the honor of Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, the highest recognition, which President Sergio Mattarella awarded him at the Quirinale on September 22, 2021.
Pippo Baudo was a symbol of Italian television, hosting thirteen Sanremo Music Festivals and dozens of highly successful programs, from "Canzonissima" to "Domenica in". The news of his death was learned from sources close to his family and confirmed by his early lawyer and close friend, Giorgio Assumma. He passed away peacefully at the Campus Biomedico hospital in Rome, surrounded by his loved ones.