Lucrezia Ciotti Rome said goodbye today Peppe Vessicchio, the famous conductor dead Saturday, November 8, 2025, at the age of 69. The city and the Italian public gathered emotionally around his family during his final farewell in the Church of the Holy Guardian Angels, in the Montesacro district, where the maestro had lived for many years.
Alongside the pain of the funeral, the words of his daughter Alessia, The right time, they conveyed all the emotion and gratitude for their father.
Peppe Vessicchio's private funeral in Rome
Today Rome gave its last farewell to Peppe Vessicchio, the famous conductor and beloved face of the Sanremo Festival, passed away on Saturday 8 November at the age of 69 due to complications related to pneumonia.
La funeral It took place at 15pm in the church of the Holy Guardian Angels, in the Montesacro district where the maestro had lived for many years, in the form strictly private at the request of the familyDespite the confidentiality of the rite, colleagues, friends and residents of the neighborhood wanted to pay homage with a long applause as the coffin exited.
On the Municipio Roma III, in front of the church, a banner was displayed with the words “Hello Master”, while in front of the entrance stood wreaths of flowers, including those of Maria De Filippi and the talent show “Amici”, witnesses of her long television career.
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Daughter Alessia, visibly excited while connecting with The right timeSaid:
"I'm very tired, but I think it's right to thank youHe always taught us to be kind and never refused a word to anyone."
Then, he added:
"On behalf of my family, it is right that we thank you for your affection. They are all shocked like us, in disbeliefHe's been close to me like no one else for 48 years. We were unprepared. You don't die at 69 when the night before you say, 'Don't worry, I'm going home' ".
Alessia, to Italian Stories, he instead said: “It's what you've all seen, all your life“Referring to the role of the father for the family and for anyone who needed him, he emphasized:
“For us it was nothing different: for me a father, and for my daughter and granddaughter a grandfather who was also like a father. He was a father to everyone, to anyone who needed him, and he was always there".
Finally, with deep gratitude, she explained that she didn't feel very clear about finding the right words, but she wanted to thank everyone for the love that had poured out to them.
"I know it was true love, because everything people have said in these dramatic two days are the same things they said when he was alive,” he concluded.