Grave mourning for Umberto Smaila. His mother, Giuseppina “Mery” Nacinovich, died in Verona. Born in the river 95 years ago, she witnessed the horror of the Foibe, a story about which she also wrote a book. The funeral is scheduled for this afternoon in the church of Santa Maria Regina in via Pancaldo.

For four decades she was a teacher in the province of Verona before arriving in the capital. Umberto is his only son. His mother said about him that he was good at school, "but he liked singing better".

Interviewed on several occasions, she has never made a secret of the great pride in the artist's career.

(Unioneonline / ss)

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