Lucio Quarantotto
Lucio Quarantotto (born September 30, 1957 in Venice , † July 31, 2012 in Mestre ) was an Italian cantautore . He was best known as the lyricist of Andrea Bocelli's Con te partirò .
Quarantotto was recognized and appreciated by the critics early on, but commercial success was a long time coming. Quarantotto released three albums between 1982 and 1990. One of his rare appearances took place in Rome in 1990 on the Piazza del Popolo on the centenary of May Day. Quarantotto received the Tenco Prize for the best debutant at the Festival di Sanremo and from 1990 wrote lyrics for other, more prominent singers, such as Franco Battiato and Caterina Caselli .
Andrea Bocelli's appearance with Con te partirò at the Festival di Sanremo in 1995 brought the breakthrough. The composer was Francesco Sartori . A solo album, which Quarantotto is said to have worked on to the last, remained unfinished. Quarantotto suffered from depression, a fact that is also evident in his texts. He threw himself out of the window of his apartment on the sixth floor of his house in Mestre.
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| SURNAME | Quarantotto, Lucio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Cantautore |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 2012 |
| Place of death | Mestre |