Bruno Lauzi

Bruno Lauzi was born in Asmara,[1] then part of the Italian East Africa, to a Catholic father, Francesco Lauzi and a Jewish mother, Laura Nahum.

In the 1960s he moved to Genoa, where he became part of the local music scene and met Gino Paoli, Luigi Tenco and Fabrizio De André.

[2] After a spell as song writer for Mia Martini, Georges Moustaki and Ornella Vanoni, Lauzi established himself as a renowned cantautore (singer-songwriter).

[4][5] In the 1980s, he started a political career with the Italian Liberal Party, but without huge success.

Suffering from Parkinson disease, he died in Peschiera Borromeo at age 69 from liver cancer.