Italian screen legend Pippo Baudo has passed away

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Italian screen legend Pippo Baudo has passed away
Pippo Baudo

Pippo Baudo has died. The king of Italian television has passed away at the age of 89.

Giuseppe Vittorio Raimondo "Pippo" Baudo, born on June 7, 193, he was one of the most famous Italian television presenters, with a career spanning six decades.

Baudo was also artistic director and president of the Teatro Stabile di Catania.

In the 1970s, he helped establish and work for the private channel "Antenna Sicilia" based in Catania. In 1987, he presented "Festival" on Mediaset after a controversy with the president of RAI, Enrico Manca. However, years later he returned to RAI 1 with Gran Premio; his show "Serata d'Onore" was broadcast on Rai Due.

On the opening night of the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival, shortly after the start of the show, a man, Pino Pagano, sat on the edge of the theater gallery showing his intention to commit suicide by throwing himself down, he was finally stopped by Baudo himself amid applause from the audience.

In 1997, he signed again with Mediaset, but his plays "La canzone del secolo" and "Tiramisù" had very little success. In 1999, Rai Tre asked Baudo to host a new prime-time program, "Giorno dopo Giorno", now called "Novecento".

In 2002, he directed the Sanremo Festival, after the 2001 edition had turned out to be a failure. He chose co-presenters Manuela Arcuri and Vittoria Belvedere. He left RAI in 2004, but returned in 2005, with the program "Sabato Italiano", on Rai Uno. On October 2, 2005, he hosted the Sunday afternoon program Domenica in (1979–1985, 1991–1992, 2005–2010) for the eighth time.

In 2008, he directed, for the thirteenth time, the Sanremo Music Festival, succeeding Mike Bongiorno, who conducted eleven times.


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