{"id":82210,"date":"2023-08-25T21:49:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=82210"},"modified":"2023-08-25T21:49:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:49:27","slug":"eurovision-winner-toto-cutugno-dies-aged-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/entertainment\/eurovision-winner-toto-cutugno-dies-aged-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision winner Toto Cutugno dies aged 80"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Italian singer Toto Cutugno has died aged 80.<\/p>\n

The legendary hit musician won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990 with the song Insieme: 1992.<\/p>\n

Held in Zagreb, the 1990 Song Contest marked the second time Italy won.<\/p>\n

His most well-known hit however was L\u2019Italiano, released on his 1983 album of the same name, which went to number one across Europe.<\/p>\n

Cutugno died on Tuesday, August 22, at Milan\u2019s San Raffaelle hospital.<\/p>\n

Ahead of winning Eurovision, Cutugno first participated in Italy\u2019s Sanremo Musical Festival in 1976, coming in third place.<\/p>\n

In 1980, he returned to the festival and won the competition with Solo Nui, before returning six more times where he came in second place.<\/p>\n

Cutugno, who wrote songs for the likes of Adriano Celentano and Fiordaliso, went on to compete in the festival a total of 15 times.<\/p>\n

As well as a singer and songwriter, Cutugno was a television presenter, and presented Eurovision in Rome in 1991, after his victory, with Italy\u2019s first winner Gigliola Cinquetti. <\/p>\n