Antonio Cripezzi
, singer and keyboardist of the Camaleonti, was found dead in a hotel room in San Giovanni Teatino (Chieti).
The death, according to initial information, would be due to natural causes:
an illness, in the night, would have left him no way out
.
On the spot, when the alarm was raised, the rescuers and the Carabinieri intervened.
Cripezzi,
76
, had already had health problems in the past.
Last night he had performed with the Chameleons at the Villa de Riseis park in Pescara.
After the performance a dinner with the staff and some fans and then back to the hotel.
"My dear friend of a lifetime Tonino Cripezzi has gone away in his sleep. I can't believe it, I'm shocked by the pain. The good times we lived together come back to mind, which I will always keep in my deep dear friend".
Mario Lavezzi
, one of the founders of the Chameleons,
writes on twitter .