Wilma De Angelis, the singer and TV presenter, has died at the age of 96

Sanremo and cooking on television

He participated in Sanremo nine times, finishing in third place in 1960 with the song Quando vien la sera (teamed with Joe Sentieri). Success came in 1961, with the song Patatina by Gianni Meccia. Among the best-known songs are also Shine the rainbow, For all my life, The colors of happiness, Before sleeping little girl, Serenella, It doesn't cost anything, A for Love, Lumicini rossi, Cerasella, Tua, A kiss on the mouth, A march in F, I didn't have anyone but you, If you pass by here, Diamante, Casetta in Canada and others. In the 1970s she then began a long and successful career as a television presenter. The meeting with Paolo Limiti was decisive, who involved her in the project of bringing cooking to TV, on Telemontecarlo: Telemenù, Sale, pepe e fantasia and then Lunch with Wilma would have made her one of the most popular faces on the small screen as well as the author of successful recipe books

Acting and hosting on TV

In the 1980s she returned to making records, with Ricky Gianco and the Oldies. He also starred in the television drama based on The Betrothed, in films such as Females against Males by Fausto Brizzi, without forgetting TV guest appearances such as Stasera pago io pago with Fiorello. Wilma De Angelis had retired from the world of music, but remained a figure much loved by the Italian public of all ages. In 2010, on the occasion of an episode of a program hosted at the time by Paola Perego and broadcast on Rai1, he sang a song entitled Dimmi di Sì which was nothing other than a cover, in Italian, of Bad Romance, Lady Gaga's famous hit. The performance was an unexpected success for Wilma, especially among young people.

The nephew's farewell to Wilma De Angelis

“Hi Aunt Wilma,” her nephew wrote on Facebook. "Your songs, your kindness, your smile and your joy of living will forever warm our hearts. A heart that, at this moment, is in pieces! In the end you have lived a life worth living. Bye aunt, see you next life"