Singer Michele Merlo is dead

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, 28, former X Factor contestant and Friends. He was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Ospedale Maggiore in Bologna after being struck, in the night between Thursday and Friday, by a cerebral hemorrhage triggered by fulminant leukemia and subjected to a delicate surgery. The family advisors communicate this in a note. 

Merlo's condition, aka Mike Bird, had worsened over the hours. "Michele - the family said yesterday in a note - had been feeling ill for days and on Wednesday he went to the emergency room of another hospital in the Bologna area which, probably, mistaking the symptoms described for a different, banal viral form, had sent home. Even during the intervention requested in the emergency room, on Thursday evening, it seems that on the spot the seriousness of the situation was not immediately clear ". The Merlo family also wanted to "categorically deny what some uninformed people write on social media: Michele was in no way vaccinated against Covid. Michele was struck by a severe form of fulminant leukemia with subsequent cerebral hemorrhage". Fans and colleagues,from Emma Marrone to Francesco Facchinetti to Ermal Meta, from Federico Rossi (of the duo Benji & Fede) to Aka7even, competitor of the latest edition of Amici, in the same program of Maria De Filippi, have invaded the social networks of messages of affection in the past few hours , encouragement and solidarity. 

"Hi Michele. Last night I sang loudly for you .. This morning my heart broke into a thousand pieces. I have no words my friend. I kiss you on the forehead and always cracked corners of the mouth. Have a good trip Michi".

It is the farewell to Michele Merlo that Emma Marrone has entrusted to her social profiles.

To the young colleague, known to Amici in 2017, the singer dedicated her concert last night at the Verona Arena: "Many people are in my heart - she said - but tonight there is a particular person in my heart and it is to him that I dedicate all this concert, all your warmth and all your energy: come on Miky ".

Emma was among the first to join the chorus of messages of affection and solidarity for Merlo that have invaded social media in recent days.

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