Raffaella Carrà, 3 million viewers for the farewell on TV

The affection and admiration of Italian television viewers for Raffaella Carrà also accompanied her on her last trip. The live broadcast of the presenter’s funeral edited on Rai1 by Tg1 and broadcast from 11.41 to 13.26 was in fact followed by 2,974,000 spectators, with a 28.3 share. The Rai1 viewers must also be added to those who followed the funeral organized by Tg4 on Rete4, which were another 423,000 spectators with a 4.1% share. Read also The farewell to the tv icon Tears, emotion, prolonged applause but also joy and smiles. So Italy today gave its last farewell to Raffaella Carrà, with a ceremony at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Campidoglio that commemorated the Romagna artist in all the most significant aspects of his personality. Few flowers, few trappings, as she herself had requested, in a simple ritual but full of emotions and memories.In addition to the family and the closest collaborators, many well-known faces from the world of politics and entertainment present at the ceremony: among others the Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini, the mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi, the former Minister of Economy and candidate for mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri, the CEO of Rai Fabrizio Salini, the director of Rai1 Stefano Coletta. There are also many colleagues of the great showgirl, including Milly Carlucci, Michele Cucuzza, Serena Autieri, Massimo Lopez, Alessandro Greco, Carmen Russo and Enzo Paolo Turchi, just to name a few.