Sandro Giacobbe has passed away, and with him a piece of Italian music. The singer-songwriter with a delicate voice and a gentle soul died at the age of 75 after a long life with illness: first prostate cancer, diagnosed in 2014, then followed by a meningioma. For some time he had been confined to a wheelchair, which he had nicknamed “the Ferrari” to make things less dramatic.
Giacobbe faced these adversities, supported by his family, with the same dignity he had always had in his life and career, without ever losing the serenity that characterized him until the end.
The songs that told everyone’s life
Born in Genoa 1949, Sandro Giacobbe began to frequent the world of music at a very young age, taking his first steps in the clubs of his Liguria, a territory that has often given Italian music some of its most authentic voices. It was in the Seventies, the golden age for Italian singer-songwriters, that real success came. With his warm and recognizable voice, Giacobbe conquered the public, bonding with a repertoire made up of love stories and everyday life, themes that made him immediately loved and appreciated.
The Seventies were a crucial period for Italian music, and Giacobbe became one of the most significant voices of that season. His songs, such as “Gliocchi di tua madre” (with which he came third in Sanremo in 1976), “Il Giardino Prohibito”, “Bimba”, “Notte senza te” “Mi va che ci sei”, speak to everyone about themes such as human frailties, loneliness and complicated loves.
An artist committed to social work
Sandro Giacobbe was not only a great singer-songwriter, but also a man who always put his music and his life at the service of others, as demonstrated by his commitment to the Nazionale Cantanti and to numerous charitable initiatives.
Recently, the singer-songwriter had been the spokesperson for a message in favor of cancer prevention. “The reason why I’m here today: we need to prevent these things, we need to think about it in time, let’s go for an extra visit because that will save us” he recommended a few months ago, speaking on the program La volta Buona hosted by Caterina Balivo.
At the end of the interview Sandro Giacobbe had shown his support for those like him who find themselves facing the ordeal of illness: “Let’s do it with the desire to live one day after another to the fullest, with people close to us, with enthusiasm and above all with optimism, because every day those who do research give us the hope of being able to heal or at least extend our lives. Never give up, always fight without giving up for a second.”
