Gianfranco Butinar died, the actor and imitator was 51 years old

Mourning in the world of entertainment. Gianfranco Butinara Roman actor and imitator, died tonight, struck down by a heart attack at 51 years of age. To announce the sudden disappearance of Butinar, over the years collaborator of the Gialappa’s Band, was the official page of Franco Califano On Instagram, the Roman singer -songwriter for a long time imitated by Butinar.

Gianfranco Butinarborn in 1973, he had made his debut on the radio in 1998, collaborating with Radio Radio. Over the years, thanks to his talent as a imitator, he had managed to make himself known and appreciated by the public for his many imitations, starting with that of Franco Califano, he also played in 2014 in the TV film I do not exclude the return by Stefano Calvagna.

The success for Butinar had arrived thanks to Gialappa’s Band who wanted him in the cast of Rai say goal On Radio 2 on the occasion of the 2002 World Cup. From that moment on, the collaboration with the famous trio had continued successfully, thanks to the talent of Gianfranco in engraving great characters from the world of sport, from Bruno Pizzul to Francesco Tottifrom Luciano Moggi to Valentino Rossi and Mario Balotelli.

There Butinar passion for football It resulted in 2008 in the theatrical show All the kicks minute by minuteconceived together with Gianni Ippoliti. In the following years, after continuing to collaborate with the Gialappa’s Band in Rai to say Europeans On Rai 4 and on Radio2 in 2016, he had conducted the program Football heads On RMC Sport Network together with Marco Baldini. In 2020, however, he had been a fixed guest of Tiki Taka – The Republic of the ballthe broadcast conducted every Monday by Piero Chiambretti first on Italia 1 and then on Canale 5.