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Ugo Fangareggi (30 January 1938 – 20 October 2017) was an Italian actor.


Life and career

Born in
Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...
, Fangareggi worked as a dental technician when in 1961 he was noticed by Luigi Squarzina who chose him to act in the play ''Ciascuno a suo modo''. He later moved to Rome to devote himself to a professional acting career and in a short time he became one of the most active character actors in Italian cinema. Mainly devoted to humorous roles, he is best known for the role of Mangold in Mario Monicelli's '' The Incredible Army of Brancaleone''. Fangareggi was also active in several successful TV series. On 20 October 2017, Fangareggi died in Rome after a lengthy battle with
Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...
, aged 79.Addio a Ugo Fangareggi, volto della commedia all'italiana, tra grande schermo, teatro e tv


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fangareggi, Ugo 1938 births 2017 deaths Actors from Genoa Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Neurological disease deaths in Lazio Deaths from Parkinson's disease