Biography of Alberto Castagna

Riconcialiazioni of the heart

December 23, 1945
March 1, 2005
Gene Carpenter was born in Castiglion Fiorentino, in the province of Arezzo, on December 23, 1945. After a year of work for home editricce Raju, he began his career in journalism at the "Small" in Trieste and Lands on television as a journalist in 1981. Starts as editor of TG 2, becoming then Special Envoy and conductor. To discover the potential of chestnut entertainer is Pippo Baudo, who in 1988 entrusted him with the external connections of "Serata d'onore". Chestnut then changes to "Morning 2", giving way to the partnership with Michele Watch. His name became known to the general public of the small screen in 1992 with the broadcast "your own business". Carpenter replaces Fabrizio Frizzi in the daily schedule of Rai Due where you tell folk tales. The transmission is promoted then in prime time on a Friday night. Riding the wave of success in 1993 Alberto Castagna abandons the Rai to switch to channel 5, where he was entrusted with the conduct of the quiz "is it true?", still in the time of noon.
In 1994 he married dermatologist Maria Concetta Romano. The couple had already had a daughter, Caroline, in 1992. Divorced in 1995 after meeting the actress Francesca Rettondini, who will be his partner for about five years. Also in 1994 leads to channel 5 broadcasting that will always remain linked to its name and its image, with the skullcap of wool and with winking whisker: "Strangelove". Its success is consecrated: eight million viewers enthralled every Sunday evening make Alberto Castagna a face wildly popular television. Serious health problems and subsequent heart surgery for problems to the aorta, stray Chestnut from the small screen. Chestnut successfully overcome the difficult time and returning to Strangelove in 2000. After the serious health problems returned to the wife. After thirty years of journalistic career of which fifteen spent by tv Anchorman, the day March 1, 2005 the popular conductor Alberto Castagna went off at his home in Rome due to internal bleeding.
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