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Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), better known as Raffaella Carrà (Italian: [raffaˈɛlla karˈra]), was an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, actress and model.
- Act I
- Act II
- Live, Raff, Love
- Selected Works
Raffaella, 26, has led an unusual life — especially for someone based in the Midwest. She grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, did a stint as a Southern California sorority girl, and studied French literature and philosophy at Columbia University’s extremely selective Barnard College. She dated and broke up with a movie star. More than a quarter...
Raffaella’s life and career changed on “a very serendipitous night” in May 2019, when her friend Samia opened a Hippo Campus concert in Brooklyn. In the greenroom, “Jake and I locked eyes,” Raffaella says, “and I suddenly was telling him about my parents' divorce, and he was showing me photos of his bunny, and then I didn't see him for like seven m...
Each half of Live, Raff, Love illustrates a different shade of Raffaella’s healing from her parents’ divorce. “The first act is really hyperpop: happy, hopeful,” she says. “Brushing over any feelings of heaviness.” Act IItravels through “the more dark experiences that [she] had in learning how to love,” including an underage assault (“Rowan”) and a...
L'Abriola, whose solo project is called Hank, recorded their first EP at Raffaella and Luppen’s home in January. At 23, L'Abriola had written songs before but hadn’t shown them to anyone. “And Jake and Raff [were] like, ‘When are we gonna make your music?’” L'Abriola remembers. Luppen produced the EP; Raffaella co-wrote most of its songs; and Twin ...
Jul 6, 2021 · 78-year-old Raffaella Carrà died in Rome after a long illness, according to her family. "She has gone to a better world, where her humanity, her unique laughter and her extraordinary talent will...
- Neda Ulaby
Jul 5, 2021 · Frances D'Emilio. The Associated Press. 0:03. 0:41. ROME – Raffaella Carrà, for decades one of Italian television's most beloved entertainers, a woman affectionately nicknamed the "queen of...
Jul 5, 2021 · By Denise Petski. July 5, 2021 1:35pm. Virginia Farneti/LaPresse via AP. Raffaella Carrà, beloved Italian singer, dancer and actor, who starred with Frank Sinatra in 1965’s Von Ryan’s Express,...
- Denise Petski
Jul 5, 2021 · Raffaella Carra, for decades one of Italian television’s most beloved entertainers, a woman affectionately nicknamed the “queen of Italian TV,” died Monday at 78, Italian state TV quoted her...
Jul 5, 2021 · 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...
