Fiorello e baldini mike bongiorno biography

Later on he introduced the quiz show to Italy on public broadcaster RAI in the s and was later a stalwart on media mogul Silvio Berlusconi's private Mediaset network, continuing to start all his shows with his trademark greeting 'Allegria! Italian Premier Berlusconi was among the first to pay tribute to the New York-born Buongiorno, calling him ''a friend and a great protagonist of Italian TV history''.

Bongiorno had recently been preparing a much-trumpeted quiz show for Sky Italia after Berlusconi's Mediaset network failed to renew his contract. But he set a record with Rischiatutto from '74, a version of Jeopardy! Until , he hosted Genius on Rete 4, an afternoon quiz show aimed at to year-olds. On March 26, , Bongiorno signed for Sky Italia after Mediaset decided not to renew his contract, where he planned to host a new game show on Sky Uno called RiSKYtutto a modern edition of his popular show Rischiatutto , which had been scheduled to air in the autumn of Death On September 8, , at the age of 85, Bongiorno died of a heart attack , while leaving the Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo, after a short holiday with his wife Daniela Zuccoli.

His body lay in repose for a few days at the Triennale in Milan before a state funeral was held in the Milan Cathedral on September 12, Bongiorno was buried in the family tomb, at Dagnente Cemetery, near Arona, Piedmont. He was also known by the nickname il Re del Quiz 'The Quiz King' , and the peculiarity of starting all his shows with his trademark greeting: Allegria!

He moved to Turin his mother's native city , when he was young. His father was a Sicilian-American lawyer. He was captured and spent seven months in the San Vittore Prison in Milan and was then deported to a German concentration camp. He was liberated before the end of the war due to an exchange of war prisoners between the United States and Germany.

Fiorello e baldini mike bongiorno biography

Rosario Tindaro Fiorello born 16 May , known just as Fiorello, is an Italian comedian, singer, radio and television presenter. He began his career working in tourist villages, first as a barman, and then as an entertainer. Bernardo, brother of Jovanotti , who introduced him to Claudio Cecchetto , [1] who directed Radio Deejay and where he met Antonio Germinario, a talent-scout, that become his manager for many years.