Pino Daniele died

Pino Daniele died. The Neapolitan singer-songwriter, who would have turned 60 in March, was struck down by a heart attack while he was in his house in the countryside in Tuscany.

The news was given by Eros Ramazzotti who, in the night, from his Instagram profile published a shot of the Neapolitan bluesman, accompanied by the following message: "Even Pino has left us. Great friend of mine, I want to remember you with a smile while I, writing, am crying. I will always love you because you were a pure and a real person as well as a great artist. Thank you for everything you have me given big brother, you will always be close to my heart. Hello Pinuzzo ... ".

The confirmation then came in the morning from the manager of the singer-songwriter, Ferdinando Salzano.

Many messages of affection from the great names of Italian music, who through social networks have expressed their pain for the disappearance of the songwriter and friend. "I just heard Eros, it's all damn true: our Pino Daniele is gone ... a night without end", writes Giuliano Sangiorgi, Negramaro frontman; these instead are the words of Fiorella Mannoia: “Pino Daniele has left us. An immense pain, I'm astonished, I can't find other words ", and of the singer Laura Pausini: "I just heard that Pino flew to the sky .. I am very shaken, motionless in bed ...".

Inventor of an unmistakable sound, halfway between the blues, his great love, and rock, the singer-songwriter, who made his debut in "77 with the song My land, has been able to perfectly blend Neapolitan tradition and jazz sounds, becoming one of the great names of Italian music, highly appreciated by the public and critics. His way of singing, his voice and his writing have consecrated him as one of the most characteristic and loved interpreters of our country.