Unfortunately it’s all true, the terrible news is making the rounds on fan pages all over the world, Barbara Vitali has left us.

We still can’t get over the sad news, Barbara, the sweet tour manager who always followed Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca step by step since the first days has left us.

The announcement was made by Il Volo with these sad and poignant words:

Il Volo and Michele Torpedine
announce with deep sorrow the
premature death of their friend and
historic collaborator Barbara Vitali.

Barbara passed away last night
at the Sant’Orsola Hospital in Bologna
following the tragic accident in which she was involved in on Sunday 7 July.

Michele, Ignazio, Gianluca, Piero
together with Eliana Dalila Biondi,
Roberta Natali, Cristina Gelsi, Liliana
Torpedine and all the collaborators of
MT Opera&Blue’s management and the
family hug each other
all those who loved
Barbara and that they will continue to keep her
in a special place
in their heart.

A tragic car accident, Sunday evening near Bologna, it was 8:00 p.m.  Barbara was driving her Fiat 500 car. For reasons still under investigation, the car driven by a 49-year-old man and the car of Barbara, 54, had a head-on collision. The man died immediately, Barbara was transported by helicopter to the hospital in Bologna but she had very serious injuries, last night she finally left us.

The words of Ercole Ginoble are also moving:

Ciao Barbara, for 15 long years you were the lighthouse, the point of reference for our kids, always present and punctual, alongside Michele Torpedine, we shared the trips, the evenings, the concerts together, we shared together the joys that the guys with their great work and their great talent they gave us, the void you leave is unbridgeable, there will always be a special place for you in the hearts of all of us!

Thanks for everything, Barbarina, as we called you. ❤️❤️❤️

And those of Eleonora Ginoble:

@divileo15 Our dear Barbara left us suddenly leaving an unbridgeable void, 15 years with us, in the big family of Il Volo, you saw Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca grow up, always present, point of reference for everyone, many memories and life lived together it will be hard without you Barbari’💔 you will remain forever in our hearts.

Barbara’s birthday, June 13th.

She was always present with our boys, ready to listen to them, to follow them, to even act as their mother a little.
Sweet, sensitive, proud of the three of them, as if they were her children.

She was their “guardian angel” ❤️🙏

I dare not think of the pain of Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca and the profound sadness they will have in their hearts.

Now the news is reported by all the newspapers.

Tomorrow evening Il Volo is in concert in Catania.
For now there is no news of a possible canceled concert.

Rest in peace dear Barbara, you will always remain a sweet memory in our hearts! ❤️🙏❤️

 

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