His irreverent jokes and his elegance are now a “must” for Italian television and radio: one for all: “courage, the best is over”. Enrico Vaime, one of the greatest radio and television authors in Italy, died yesterday at the age of 85. He signed about 200 TV programs including the varieties “Quelli della Domenica”, “Canzonissima” and “Fantastico”. He also wrote numerous musicals and plays. On the radio he collaborated on hundreds of programs and hosted “Black Out”.
He was born in Perugia on January 19, 1936 and entered on competition with Rai. Among his latest appearances, the one on La7 at Omnibus and at Coffee Break, alongside Tiziana Panella. His books are also numerous.
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“The disappearance of Enrico Vaime is painful news. Author, writer, playwright without equal, he has profoundly marked with sensitivity, grace and intelligence the history of radio and television in Italy and, in particular, of many and important Rai programs. There will be no skilful lightness full of content and culture, which constituted his disenchanted and elegant way of looking at things, always pushing himself further to create, invent, innovate “. Thus in a note, Rai remembers its historical author the author and playwright. “A great talent who in difficult and decisive years found his home in Rai, helping to strengthen and grow as a national public service”, concludes the note from Viale Mazzini.
Maurizio Costanzo
“Today it really got a little more night”. Maurizio Costanzo, does not hide the sadness for the death of his friend Enrico Vaime, the author with whom he shared the creation of several theatrical and television shows, including “S’è fare notte”, the Rai1 night program that goes on wave for 10 years now.
Pippo Baudo
“Enrico Vaime and I have been very close friends: I met him at the beginning of his career, which developed at the same time as mine, we also dated as a family”. Pippo Baudo pays homage to him as follows: “He was in the group with Italo Terzoli and Marcello Marchesi, a great team that made Rai great”, he underlines. “I remember Marchesi always saying: if Vaime doesn’t like something, don’t do it. He has left his mark in radio and television entertainment, but also in theatrical ”.