A long applause accompanied this morning, in
the Church of San Siro in Genoa Nervi
, Franco Gatti, the mustache of the Rich and the Poor, who passed away last Tuesday.
On the notes of "Can't help falling in love" by Elvis resounded in the church, his favorite singer, hundreds gathered to greet the musician, many ordinary people.
For him, white and yellow roses and the crowns of many colleagues, including that of Toto Cotugno.
Among those present also Pupo who defined the Rich and Poor as the Italian "Abba" and who wrote "It will be because I love you" for them.
"The greatest gift of him were
the last words he said to me: I love you and I will always love you"
confessed his wife Stefania "and
now he has reached Alessio"
the son who tragically died in 2013.
To greet Gatti
there were all the rich and poor,
Angelo Sotgiu, Angela Brambati and Marina Occhiena, the musicians who have worked with him for many years.
During the homily Father Mauro said: "Butterflies have no voice, but when they fly up to the sky they whisper free and you Franco did it with Jesus asking to take you to Alessio.
We will miss his modesty and his availability
, he was a great person, but you will be there every time we hear a song by the Rich and the Poor. "
The niece Vittoria, on behalf of the family, read a message: "
For us relatives it was family, it was the uncle, being a famous singer came after
- he said -. Every time he came home from a tour when we asked him how are you always replied 'andante con brio' ".
"The same thing he replied to me the last time I heard him, he was a very wise man," Marina Occhiena recalled smiling.
"There are no words to tell our sorrow - admitted Angelo Sotgiu and Angela Brambati -. We remember him and we will always carry him in our hearts, an elegant, serene and honest person, he was above all an honest man. We are very moved".
