Tullio De Piscopo: Battling Illness and Reflecting on Life

Tullio De Piscopo has spoken about his illness that struck him in 2012. The legendary Neapolitan musician, a guest on La volta buona, the television program hosted by Caterina Balivo, retraced his career and his private life marked by successes and periods of decline. Thus, the artist wanted to break the silence once again on the liver cancer that was diagnosed years ago. The doctors had given him a few months to live, and De Piscopo considered euthanasia. Tullio De Piscopo: age, wife, children, illness, and career. Who is the legendary Neapolitan musician The story The first time the musician spoke about his drama was with Serena Bortone. De Piscopo retraced some of the fundamental stages of his life, starting from the success of the song "Andamento lento" that changed his life: "It gave me the opportunity to buy a house for all my family, who deserved it... with 4 bathrooms! In the house at porta Capuana there weren't any, but as a child, I dreamed, and I realized my dream". Then he spoke about the illness that struck him and that led him to also think about assisted suicide: "I was afraid of dying, I had decided to go to Switzerland for euthanasia. But then I thought I was not ready, I wanted to see my grandchildren grow up and slowly I began to fight. Pino Daniele gave me a rosary and told me you'll see it will help you. Don't despair. I am very close to him because with that visit to the hospital he saved me, together with music and my grandchildren". But the greatest drama of his life, De Piscopo said, was the loss of his older brother: "The greatest pain was the death of Romeo, my older brother. It was August 27, 1957, I came home and my brother was getting ready to go play. He left and never returned, he collapsed on the drums, it was not understood what happened and we did not have an autopsy done. Everything I have done in my life I did for him, but he would have done it better. I think about it every day".