Francesco Nuti died, the actor was 68 years old and had been ill for a long time

He died this morning in Rome Francis Nuti, the Tuscan actor is 68 years old and has been ill for a long time. This was announced by his daughter Ginevra with her family.

In a note, the family would like to sincerely thank the health personnel and all who treated the actor during his long illness, particularly the personnel of Green Villa in Rome.

Nuti was born in Florence on May 17, 1955, the son of Renzo Nuti, a barber originally from Mugello, and Anna Giglio, a Calabrian originally from Crotone. He has an older brother, Giovanni, who is a doctor, musician and composer. He spent the first years of his life in the Tuscan capital, and then moved, because of his father’s work, to Narnali, a part of Prato. In 1974 he graduated from the “Tullio Buzzi” Institute in Prato. At the end of the seventies, he became a member of the cabaret trio dei Giancattivi – a group already composed of Alessandro Benvenuti and Athina Cenci. During those years, Giancattivi participated in successful broadcasts, such as radio “Blackout” and the television “Unceasing”.

The trio, under the direction of Benvenuti himself, made its cinematic debut in 1981, with the film West of Donaldwhich again suggests part of the group’s historical repertoire. In 1982, Nuti left the trio, which definitely disbanded for three years, and began a “solo” film career, taking part in several films directed by Maurizio Ponzi: Madonna is quiet tonight (1982), Me, Clare and Dark (1983) and I’m happy (1983), which gives him a certain fame, especially the role of Francis Picciolipresent in the second of the three films, for which he won the David di Donatello and the Silver Ribbon for best leading actor.

Later, he also went behind the camera and made his directorial debut with “Casablanca, Casablanca” (1985), “Heaven’s Sin” (1985), “Bewitched” (1986), “Caruso Pascoski” (1988), “Willy Signori and I come from far away” (1989) and “Girls in skirts” (1991). At the same time he also devoted himself to music. In 1988 he participated in San Remo Festival with the song “Sara’ per te”, later also recorded by Mina, and, duet with Mietta, with the song “Let us breathe”, composed by singer-songwriter Biagio Antonacci and then recorded in 1992. “Eye Pinocchio”, “Mr Fifteen Balls” (1998), “I love Andrew” (2000) and “Caruso, zero in conduct” (2001) achieved lukewarm box office acclaim, not comparable to the successes of previous years.

Thus began the darkest years of his life. Nuti begins to suffer from depression, also shows serious problems with alcoholism and even attempts suicide. On September 3, 2006, he fell into a coma due to a cranial hematoma caused by a domestic accident, was hospitalized and underwent emergency head surgery at the Umberto I Polyclinic in Rome. He will be released in 2009. Nuti reappears on TV on November 29, 2010, after a four-year absence, as a guest of the Rai 2 program “Your facts”, where the neurological damage resulting from the accident appears evident , including incompetence. speak and act. In 2016, a cerebral hemorrhage and a new disastrous fall from the stairs of his house in Narnali, a village of Prato, further compromised the serious conditions of the actor.