Tributes Pour In for the Late Actress Sandra Milo

The world of cinema and television mourns the death of Sandra Milo, who passed away today at the age of 90. Many messages of condolences are coming from the actress's colleagues. 'With her, I lose a piece of my family,' said Claudia Cardinale. 'I just found out and I was fainting. Sandra was a very special woman who spoke of love. She was a great mother who worked with the greats of cinema,' said Marisa Laurito, who, along with Sandra Milo and Mara Maionchi, shared an unforgettable journey with the program 'Quelle brave ragazze' taking the place of Orietta Berti comments on the news of the death. 'I am very saddened. Sandra had great vitality and a strong desire to love. She was an extraordinary, special woman. Certainly, from another time,' remembers the actress. From Barbara D'Urso to Minoli, 'Sandra... So much time spent together... Two years of touring around the theaters of Italy and you always so kind, continually beside me, even after... In the most unexpected moments you were always there, with a phone call or with a message... A hug to your children...' This is how Barbara D'Urso remembers Sandra Milo with whom she shared the stage in theater with 'The Oval Bed' by Gino Landi. 'Wonderful person, cultured, light, intelligent and profound. Rare woman. Having worked with her and having interviewed her always made me happy.' This is how Andrea Delogu remembers Sandra Milo, with whom she worked in the summer of 2020, when the actress was a special correspondent for the Rai1 program 'La vita in diretta Estate', which Delogu hosted with Marcello Masi. 'Sandra was a sincere friend and a precious travel companion. I thank her for teaching me that any negative moment, even the most painful, could be faced with a smile and altruism.' Pierluigi Diaco, colleague and personal friend of Sandra Milo, remembers her in this way on the day of her death, today at 90 years old. 'For the 'Io e te' and 'Io e te di notte' work group, she was an inexhaustible source of enthusiasm and ideas, a fan of others, a woman always ready to get involved with humility and team spirit. I'm glad she received in 2021 the award she deserved, that David di Donatello for her career that consecrated her for what she was: a great artist,' says Diaco. 'A great woman, both as a person and as an actress. Sandra was a unique woman, true, sincere and totally nonconformist, she said what she thought and did what she wanted. And when she discovered her role in 'Mixer' she interpreted it in the best way.' This is how Giovanni Minoli remembers Sandra Milo, who passed away today at 90 years old, with whom he collaborated at the time of 'Mixer' on Rai2: within the in-depth program, the actress conducted a costume column. 'Already before, with 'Piccoli fans' she made a program that everyone copies today,' says Minoli remembering the TV program, which Milo conducted from 1984 to 1989 and which included the singing performance of some children who interpreted songs of their idols. 'She had nothing dizzy, she had invented a character but she was a woman of intelligence, of a concreteness and of a very careful vision,' concludes Minoli. 'She was a woman of incredible emotional generosity. A person with whom it was easy to become friends and her outbursts of affection and her spontaneity were authentic. She was intelligent, acute but in her goodness prevailed, availability towards people prevailed.' This is how Pupi Avati remembers Sandra Milo who directed in 2003 in the film 'Il cuore altrove', presented in competition at the Cannes Festival. 'I confess that I wanted her in the film 'Il cuore Altrove' mainly because I was very intrigued, being a great admirer of Fellini, by everything she knew about the Fellini world. The pleasure of having her with me on the set for a certain period was also that of being able to listen to her anecdotes and memories that perhaps she had not shared in public. There was the great pleasure of having with me the witness of a cinema that was no longer there and above all of a director who was no longer there, with whom she had had, as we all know, not only a professional relationship but a very deep relationship,' emphasizes the director. 'The thing that surprised me the most - adds Avati - was her fear of not being up to par. An actress who had made films that were in the history of cinema was still insecure and I like insecure people the most. Her availability and her fragility probably made her life difficult.' 'Good Trip Dear Sandra. Your sweetness, your joy, your staying close to me in some difficult moments will remain forever in my heart. Tonight I will dedicate the concert in Barcelona to you, fly above us.' This is how Laura Pausini remembers Sandra Milo.