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Gina Lollobrigida, the funeral home in Campidoglio. son Milko: “She died peacefully, we had reconnected”

by Flavia Fiorentino and Claudio Guaitoli

The funeral of the great actress will take place on Thursday 19th at 12.30 p.m. at the Church of the Artists in Piazza del Popolo

“In the last few days I have been very close to my mother Gina. She died peacefully, but after breaking her femur in September, she had gone through a difficult time: the medication she was taking had given her a sore throat, she could neither swallow nor speak, but we became closer anyway. For the first time in a long time, although we only communicate with our looks, we have again found a small complicity». Gina Lollobrigida’s son, Milko Skofic, the grandson Dimitri Ex-husband Francesco Javier Rigau and the show’s manager Titian Roccaalong with the Mayor of Rome Robert Gualtieriwelcomed the coffin of Gina Lollobrigida to the Campidoglio, where at 10 a.m. in the Protomoteca room the funeral home of the actress who died on January 16 at the age of 95 was inaugurated. But it is missing Andrea Piazzolla, the factotum at the center of the legal battle with the actress’ family, who also said she chose not to attend Thursday’s funeralì in the Church of the Artists in Piazza del Popolo. The tribute to the diva will continue until 7pm today and 9.30am to 11.30am tomorrow, before the funeral is set for 12.30pm.

But as a homage to the diva, born in Subiaco in 1927, there is also theaffection Among the ordinary people there are also many Italian and international tourists: «I have seen all his films dozens of times, I fell in love with his charm. I’ve never been to a funeral home, but I did it for her – says Giuseppe Gardini, 88 – and I’ve followed all her sentimental and existential events: I liked that phrase she always said: “The money is mine, and there I do what I want.” The State Secretary for Culture also represented the institutions Lucy Borgonzoni, who wanted to remember her as Chiara Sbarigia, President Cinecitta, and Tiziana Rocca, a friend of the actress and organizer of many events for her, remembers her with great affection: «Gina’s great stubbornness and determination are a lesson for everyone. She was always generous and helpful and brightened up when there was an audience. Like when the star on the Walk of Fame was dedicated to her Hollywood».

In the Capitoline Hall, clips from Lollobrigida’s films are projected, but rigauHe, who has great confidence in the diva’s son and nephew, with whom he also shares the lawyer in the legal dispute over the estate, defends himself shortly before the coffin: “I’m very sad,” he says only and then he accelerates his Pace and is looking for a “secondary exit”, while his son Milko reveals that he called the Spanish entrepreneur with the deterioration of his mother’s condition: “He left Spain immediately and arrived on the same morning of his death. We get along well because she was part of my mother’s life, she tried to get married for years and then they succeeded, I think it’s right and natural that she’s here with us.” His 28-year-old grandson Dimitri, an actor like his grandma and also a screenwriter, was touched: “We haven’t seen each other lately, but I have wonderful childhood memories of everyday life with grandma Gina”. Alessandro LoCascio. Agent and friend of the deceased diva remembers her with emotion: “Like a mother and I was close to her to the end, together with Andrea Piazzolla, we too were destroyed by the pain”.

Also the sindigo Gualtieri appears again in the Protomoteca: «If Subiaco has named a square after the actress, Rome will also play along. She was exceptional, admired abroad and versatile both in Italian films and in her American and French performances. I just spoke to Gianluca Farinelli, President of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma, about organizing a tea togetherI reject Gina Lollobrigida during the next film festival».

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Jan 18, 2023 (Edit Jan 18, 2023 | 4:11pm)

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