Toto Cutugno Obituary

Salvatore “Toto” Cutugno was a pop singer-songwriter and musician from Italy. He was best known for his global smash song “L’Italiano,” which appeared on his 1983 album of the same name.

Cutugno started out as a drummer, and at the age of 19, he formed his first band, Toto e i Tati. Later, he co-founded the disco band Albatros with Lino Losito and Mario Limongelli.

In March 2019, a group of Ukrainian lawmakers attempted to prevent Cutugno from performing in Kyiv by writing an open letter to the head of the country’s security services, Vasyl Hrytsak, requesting that the singer be barred from entering Ukrainian territory, labeling him a “Russian war supporter in Ukraine.”

Toto Cutugno Obituary

Author, composer, and singer Toto Cutugno passed away on August 22, 2023, at the age of 80 after a protracted illness, according to his manager Danilo Mancuso’s statement to the transalpine press agency Ansa.

Toto Cutugno, whose 1983 album “L’Italiano” was well-liked both inside and outside Italy, established himself as a well-known artist worldwide.