Nicolo Cutugno: Who Is Toto Cutugno’s Son?

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.”

Nicolo Cutugno: Who Is Toto Cutugno’s Son?

Cutugno was married to Carla Cutugno from 1971 until his death. In 1990, he had his only son Nico from an extramarital relationship.

In 2007, Cutugno survived prostate cancer with metastases reaching his kidneys, undergoing surgery, and having his right kidney removed.

Toto Cutugno died from prostate cancer at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, on 22 August 2023, at the age of 80.