Alvaro Vitali died in Rome this afternoon. He was 75 years old.
Italian actor and comedian beloved for the character of Pierino And for the many roles in the films of the Italian sexy comedy Italian.
Alvaro Vitali had been hospitalized two weeks ago “for a recurrence bronchopneumonite”, as his ex -wife Stefania Corona said in an interview with the media a few days ago.
In his career Vitali took part in over 80 films, the vast majority of which linked to the character of Pierino or in any case of the comedy alongside heroines of the sexy comedy such as Edvige Fenech, Nadia Cassini, Carmen Russo. Although with second -rate roles, Federico Fellini’s films also took part in which Satyricon, the clowns and Amarcord (where he is one of the schoolmates of the protagonist Titta).
His gold season in the cinema is between the 70s and 80s. From the following decade his apparitions had gradually become more rare to fall into a real oblivion.
For some time now he had been in some television program, as a guest, told the TV of the 80s and 90s.
Below is a video with some moments of his inimitable “Pierino”
