Raffaella Carrà spent five decades beaming into the homes of Italians on television. Public mourning for her has few precedents in Italy. By Elisabetta Povoledo ROME — Some people stood quietly, some ...

A 1980s TV show she starred in, 'Fantastico,' drew 25 million viewers, nearly a half of what was then Italy's population. But it was the 1970s TV variety program 'Canzonissima' — roughly, full of song ...

Italians are mourning the death of a beloved entertainer often referred to as "the lady" or "the queen" of Italian television. 78-year-old Raffaella Carrà died in Rome after a long illness, according ...

Italian singer, actor, dancer and TV host Raffaella Carrà — who over the course of a 60-year career became a national pop culture sensation, sold millions of records across Europe, and found TV ...

ROME – Raffaella Carra, one of Italy’s best-loved singers and television presenters, who became almost as famous as a symbol of sexual liberation in Spain and South America as in her own country, died ...

Thousands in streets to mourn television star, actor and singer as funeral is broadcast live on TV In Italy’s week of mourning for Raffaella Carrà, one image summed up her universal appeal: a rainbow ...