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Eugenio Finardi recalls drug addiction and the loss of his first wife
Singer Eugenio Finardi spoke about his past drug addiction during an episode of the Italian TV dance show Ballando con le Stelle.
He said he and his first wife, Patrizia, shared a relationship shaped by drug dependence.
After their daughter Elettra was born in 1982, Finardi entered a therapeutic community in Canada to address his addiction.
Patrizia had contracted hepatitis during those years and died at 56 from hepatitis C, according to Finardi.
He said their children, Elettra and Emanuele, grew up without their mother.
Finardi described addiction as a prison and said people and their families face the consequences of choices made during that time.
He said he shared his experience to show that he is still living at 74, not to seek pity.
Eugenio Finardi has spoken about his past drug use and his first wife Patrizia’s addiction and death.
He said he and Patrizia shared a complicated relationship marked by love and substance dependence.
Finardi said he entered a therapeutic community in Canada after the birth of his daughter Elettra in 1982.
Patrizia contracted hepatitis during the years of drug dependence and died at 56, according to Il Messaggero.
Finardi shared the account during an episode of Ballando con le Stelle on 24 October.
- Who
- Eugenio Finardi, his first wife Patrizia and their daughter Elettra.
- What
- Finardi recalled drug addiction, his wife’s death and his decision to seek treatment.
- When
- He shared the story on 24 October. Patrizia died at 56; the year is not stated.
- Where
- On the Italian television show Ballando con le Stelle; Finardi entered a therapeutic community in Canada.
- Why
- Finardi said the birth of his daughter Elettra prompted him to face his addiction.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Finardi said he chose to be a hippie and tried drugs.
His daughter Elettra was born.
Finardi entered a therapeutic community in Canada to address his addiction.
Patrizia died after contracting hepatitis during the years of drug dependence.
Finardi spoke about his past during Ballando con le Stelle.
- First wife
- Patrizia
- Daughter
- Elettra, born in 1982
- Treatment
- Therapeutic community in Canada
- Patrizia’s age at death
- 56
- Television programme
- Ballando con le Stelle
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“Mia moglie era bellissima, ma dipendente da sostanze. Se n’è andata a 56 anni per l’epatite C, un anno prima che trovassero la cura. Nostra figlia è rimasta senza mamma”: parla Eugenio Finardi
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What people are saying
Drug addiction is a prison.
Elettra is without a mother, Emanuele is without a mother because every choice has consequences.
I am here to bear witness that you can be here at 74 after a life that deprived you of nothing, for better or worse. But I do not want to invite pity.