Nunzio Gallo (25 March 1928 – 22 February 2008) was an Italian singer. He was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

and represented his country in the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 6th. The song he performed, "

Corde Della Mia Chitarra "Corde della mia chitarra" ("Strings of my guitar") is an Italian song written by , composed by , and performed by Nunzio Gallo and Claudio Villa. The song is the winner of the Italian national Sanremo Music Festival 1957 where it was performe ...

", is famous for being the longest song ever played for Eurovision at 5:09 before the new rules came into place. Gallo was also an actor appearing in over 20 films. Gallo suffered severe

brain haemorrhage Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...

in September 2007 from which he never fully recovered. He died on 22 February 2008 in

Telese Terme Telese Terme, called simply Telese until 1991, is a city, ''comune'' (municipality) and former episcopal seat in the Province of Benevento, in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is located in the valley of the Calore, well known for its sulf ...

.Nunzio Gallo died at the age of 80
''Esctoday'', 24 February 2008. He was the father of actor and singer

Massimiliano Gallo Massimiliano Gallo (born 19 June 1968) is an Italian actor and singer. Biography Son of singer Nunzio Gallo, he made his debut in theater at the age of five and was already the star of several TV series for children shot for RAI. In 1988 he foun ...

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1928 births 2008 deaths Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1957 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Italy Musicians from Naples Sanremo Music Festival winners 20th-century Italian male singers {{italy-singer-stub