Valzer, dance, music and more. There’s more to the performance than Lino Banfi to dancing with the Stars. After dancing with the teacher Alessandra Tripoli, the actor he couldn’t hold back his tears remembering his wife Lucia Zagariawho died in February after battling Alzheimer’s.
Lino Banfi and the long love story with Lucia Zagaria
Lucia Zagaria passed away at the age of 85. She spent most of her life next to the actor: she married him in 1962. Shortly before his death, the couple had celebrated 60 years of marriage. The announcement of the farewell was made via social media by his daughter Rosanna: «Hi mom, now you’re like this again. Have a good trip» wrote the actress on Instagram, sharing a throwback photo of her mother, smiling while eating an ice cream.
The tears of Lino Banfi a dancing with the Stars
After the performance of the Italian grandfather, the image of his wife Lucia appeared on the screen. And, at that point, Lino Banfi couldn’t hold back his tears. «I didn’t want to fall for it to this point, I promised my children that I wouldn’t cry, but how do you do it? I didn’t want to get to pietism» said the actor live, visibly excited and with wet eyes. «This is not pietism, it is our life» replied the presenter Milly Carlucci.
As if a piece of my skin had been torn off
The death of his wife, moreover, is still an open wound for the actor. «I recently celebrated 61 years of marriage, we have known each other since we were children. I feel like a piece of my skin has been torn off, the wound is too fresh… excuse me” he said, receiving the embrace of the audience and the entire jury.
The words of Selvaggia Lucarelli
Lino Banfi’s tears also moved Selvaggia Lucarelli who expressed closeness and solidarity with the actor. «I’m the cynic of the group, I always try to see the flaw in things and people. In recent years I have seen so many people exploit and monetize pain, taking advantage of their own frailties to attract empathy and solidarity” said the journalist. Pointing out: «This evening, not even a cynic like me saw a little bit of all this. I saw honesty in this pain».
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