Gabriella Ferri (18 September 1942 – 3 April 2004) was an Italian singer born in

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. Ferri's career began in a

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nightclub in 1963. By 1965, she had broken into the Rome singing scene by singing popular Roman songs, thereby becoming one icon of Romanesco singing. One of her biggest hits was "''Sempre''" ("Always"). During her career, she also performed

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and

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n pieces. During the 1970s, she starred in several popular TV shows. By the 1990s, however, she had largely left the spotlight. She died in

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, after falling from a third-floor balcony in an apparent

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. Family members dispute this, saying she may have fallen ill after taking anti-depression medication and lost her balance.

External links

Italian singer Gabriella Ferri, 62
- Associated Press

(English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferri, Gabriella 1942 births 2004 deaths Singers from Rome 20th-century Italian women singers