Rossano Rubicondi, Luxuria: “Death tile in the head, I think he underestimated melanoma”

“As if a tile had fallen on my head, at the news of Rossano’s death” Rubicondi, who died at the age of 49 of melanoma. “Every now and then we would see each other and text each other but he hadn’t said anything to me and he hadn’t even made me understand or guess anything about the melanoma which then led him to leave us so soon.” Vladimir Luxuria, who won the edition of Isola dei Famosi in 2008, in the year in which Rossano Rubicondi also participated, thus expresses his sorrow for the death of his friend at AdnKronos. “I think he underestimated his illness, he probably did not imagine it would lead to a death so quickly – he says -. He was a jovial, enthusiastic, always cheerful person, full of life and energy, he loved to tell many episodes and anecdotes” . After the Island of the Famous, “during which we spared no controversy and quarrels”, recalls Luxuria, “we found ourselves outside, we embraced again. We went out several times to dinner, he was a viveur, always surrounded by beautiful women, he liked the nightlife. Perhaps he never accepted the idea that his illness could put an end to his life … “. (by Enzo Bonaiuto)