Roman actor Roberto Brunetti, known as' Er Patata, was found dead in his home in Rome.
Last night, around 10:30 pm, the police of San Lorenzo in Rome found the 55-year-old dead, lying on his back on his bed, in his house in via Arduino.
The police have not noticed any signs of violence against the body or break-in at home.
To alert law enforcement and firefighters was the actor's partner.
Investigations underway by Salary agents.
In the past the actor has worked in direct comedy Leonardo Pieraccioni and Neri Parenti, but also in films such as Romanzo Criminale.
During the inspection carried out by the police in Roberto Brunetti's apartment, traces of hashish and cocaine were found.
To clarify whether the death is linked to the consumption of drugs will be an autopsy that will be ordered by the Rome Prosecutor's Office.
To clarify whether the death is linked to the consumption of drugs will be an autopsy that will be ordered by the Rome Prosecutor's Office.
Popular in Rome and beyond, Brunetti had become famous with the comedies of the 90s since his debut in 1997 with Leonardo Pieraccioni's Fuori dell'Artificio.
Among his various films
"Paparazzi", "Sexy Comedy", "The Return of the Trash".
He has also had parts in TV series such as "Police District" and "A Cyclone in the Family".
But it is in 2005 with a dramatic role in Michele Placido's Romanzo Criminale in which he played Aldo Buffoni, that the most important film of his career arrives, which had been standing still for about 10 years.
For 16 years linked
to actress Monica Scattini, Brunetti had also opened a fish shop that went bankrupt.
In 2019 he had made an appeal to return to work on the sets: "I live on the citizenship income, help me," he had revealed.
Drug addiction had entered his recent past.
In 2017 he was arrested for drug possession.