Goodbye Toto Cutugno, the reactions on social media, from Laura Pausini to Simona Ventura

There death of Toto Cutugno, who passed away today at the age of 80 after a long illness, has sparked a wave of messages of condolence on social networks. One of the symbols of Italian melody (also with enormous success abroad), with 15 participations in the Sanremo festival, he was honored by other singers, but also TV and cinema personalities. Among the first to remember the colleague Laura Pausini who defined him as “a good and kind Italian”

Goodbye Toto Cutugno, he was 80 years old. With “L’Italiano” he had conquered the world

“Toto Cutugno was a kind person. Unforgettable memories bind me to him. His passing leaves a great void and is a great pain,” she wrote. Fabio Fazio

Toto Cutugno, the singer and composer passed away at the age of 80: life and career. PHOTO

“Toto Cutugno, a true Italian, is gone… Author and interpreter of the great Italian tradition. He wrote one of the most famous Italian songs in the world, L’Italiano. We have always known each other. Hi Toto, your music rises in heaven,” he wrote Gianni Morandion Facebook

Lorenzo Young people wrote a long post on Instagram to remember Toto Cutugno, “great Italian artist for the world, friend and teacher, always with a formidable story and a fantastic anecdote to tell when I’ve had the joy of spending time with him. Mine of advice on the trade of writing songs. Grumpy with a tender heart and a great expert and curious musician”

Also Nina Zilli he recalled Toto Cutugno with a broken heart and the line “un italiano vero”, quoting one of his major hits

The presenter Simon Ventura recalled Cutugno writing: “One of the greatest interpreters of the Italian song is leaving, flag of our country, witness of my beautiful time. We will never forget you”, posting a photo and a video of Sanremo 2004 in the evening cover

On X’s profile (ex Twitter) baby remembered the one who was “a dear friend to a loved one”

Enrico Rogeri posted a photo in which he shares the Ariston stage with Toto Cutugno and writes: “A great musical culture, appreciated all over the world and often underestimated. A great gentleman”

“A dutiful tribute to Toto Cutugno. A truly representative artist for our country. And it was common to share the same stages throughout Europe. Have a good trip…”. As Angelo Branduardi on Facebook remember the colleague

Also many i politicians who remembered Cutugno. The President of the Council, Giorgia Meloniwrote on their profiles “Hello to Toto Cutugno, a true Italian”, publishing a photo of the singer-songwriter

Even the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in a post on Facebook, he wrote in Italian: “You were a great, true Italian, we were supposed to meet this summer in Vlora but God decided to let you rest in peace, while your songs remain recorded forever in the hearts of many Albanians. Thanks for everything Toto Cutugno, it was a privilege to live together with a legend like you”

“Today a great man leaves us: with his L’Italiano, he was able to make millions of people sing, bringing Italian music all over the world. Have a good trip, Toto Cutugno”. Thus the leader of the League and deputy prime minister, Matthew Salviniremembers the missing singer on social media

The leader of Italia viva Matthew Renzion social media, wrote: “Let him sing, even from up there. Because he was a true Italian. For those of our generation, the death of Toto Cutugno is the disappearance of one of the soundtracks of our country”

The mayor of Florence Dario Nardella recalled Cutugno quoting a piece of the song Good night