The Italian singer, Franco Gatti, an emblematic member Riches and Poors, died Tuesday 18 October 2022 at the age of 80, we can read on the group’s Instagram account. A look at some of the highlights of her singing career.
Sad news, this Tuesday, October 18, 2022. According to information from the AFP, relayed by our colleagues from BFM TV, the singer Franco Gatti, a member of the Ricchi and Poor group, died at the age of 80. Formed in the 1960s in Genoa with Angela Brambati, Angelo Sotgiu and Marina Occhiena, the group has become famous both in Italy and abroad. In fact, more than 20 million records have been sold.
The quartet made a name for itself thanks to the title It will be because I love youreleased in 1981. This piece was also chosen to appear on the film’s soundtrack The cheeky by Claude Miller with Charlotte Gainsbourg. But not only that, the group came to represent Italy at Eurovision in 1978 with the title This love, and won the Sanremo Italian Song Festival in 1985.
Franco Gatti dies at the age of 80
Definitely, in 1981 Marina Occhiena left the group, followed by Franco Gatti in 2016, for family reasons. But four years later, the artists decide to come together and reform for a unique concert on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Sanremo festival. Also, in February 2021, the group returned with a new album titled Meeting.
The artist Franco Gatti had been suffering from health problems for several years and had retired from the scene in 2013. Dead in Genoa, it was the other members of the Italian group who announced the news on Instagram: “A piece of our life is gone. Goodbye Franco“, we can read. Italian singer and songwriter Franco Gatti was the co-performer of the hit It will be because I love you. His health problems emerged for the first time after the disappearance of his son Alessio, found dead at the age of 22 in his home in via Capolungo in Nervi, east of Genoa.
