Rome, 17 August (LaPresse) – "They say he invented Italian television. He was certainly one of its greatest protagonists. I too, with affection now tinged with melancholy at his passing, join the list of those who owe him a debt of gratitude. Because Pippo Baudo, in over sixty years of an amazing career, helped many friends and colleagues to emerge, with the infallible instinct of a talent scout and the generosity of a good person. Together with Luciano Pavarotti and a few others, he is among those who most supported me in my early and later steps towards fame." In a post on Instagram, Andrea Bocelli remembers Pippo Baudo, who died yesterday at the age of 89. "A few years ago, in a television special, among the stories of many colleagues, Pippo Baudo's voice and his testimony about my beginnings, as always generous and heartfelt, moved me and made me proud, renewing my gratitude towards him. A gratitude that endures, just as it does in the hearts of so many Italians. A gratitude that today becomes a prayer and a thought full of affection, in the desire to say goodbye to Pippo and make his journey beyond the wings of heaven even more peaceful," concludes the tenor.
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