RIP Angela Luce

 Farewell to Angela Luce

The Neapolitan singer and actress Angela Luce has passed away at the age of 87

 

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2/20/2026

Angela Luce, Neapolitan singer and actress, has passed away at the age of 87. Over the course of her long career, she has managed to juggle her two great talents: singing and acting.

In 1975, she ranked third at the Sanremo Festival with the song Ipocrisia while in 1995 she won a David di Donatello for her role in the film L'amore molesto by Mario Martone. He has worked with the big names of Italian cinema such as Totò, Mario Mattoli, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Pupi Avati.

For many it was the voice of Bammenella, the 1917 classic written by Raffaele Viviani and relaunched by the singer.

Angela Luce remembers Peppino Gagliardi

In an interview with Verissimo in May 2025, Angela Luce was moved by remembering her former partner Peppino Gagliardi, singer and multi-instrumentalist who passed away in 2023.

"We were engaged for two years. I fell madly in love with him, I really loved him and I think he did too", the singer had recalled: "He liked him, he liked women. He did me a wrong that I could not forgive: he betrayed me. Although I loved him, I did not forgive him."

"He then realized that he had made a mistake and what he had lost, but it was too late for me. I didn't want to see him anymore. He got married later and had two beautiful children, I was pleased," the singer had added.

LUCE, Angela (Angela Luce Savino)

Born: 12/3/1938, Spaccanapoli, Naples, Kingdom of Italy

Died: 2/20/2026, Naples, Campania, Italy

 

Angela Luce’s westerns – actress:

For a Few Dollars Less - 1966 (Katherine)

Drop Them Or I’ll Shoot – 1968 (Valencia)