Italian singer songwriter Ornella Vanoni died in her
hometown of Milan, Italy on November 21, 2025. She was 91. Born in Milan on
September 22, 1934, Vanoni was one of the longest-standing Italian musical
artists, having started performing in 1956. During her long career, she
released about 112 works between LP, EPs and greatest hits albums, and sold
over 65 million records, being considered one of the most popular interpreters
of Italian pop music. In addition to her music career, Vanoni was active in
other creative fields, starring in stage and in television shows and movies. In
January 1977 she posed nude for the Italian edition of Playboy magazine and
requested a statuette by her longtime friend the artist Arnaldo Pomodoro as
payment. The inclusion of her song "L'appuntamento" (1970) on the
soundtrack of Steven Soderbergh's “Ocean's Twelve” in 2004 sparked a worldwide
renewal of interest in her music. The soundtrack of the Danish film “Toscana”
(2022, Netflix) also featured the song. Vanoni was married to actor Lucio
Ardenzi [1922-2002] (1960–1972) and the mother of Cristiano Minunni Ardenzi
[1962- ]. She appeared as a performer in the 1966 Spaghetti western “A Fistful
of Songs”.
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