Romano MussoliniRomano Mussolini, born in Italy on September 26, 1927 went on to become a distinguished jazz musician, recording ten albums. He collaborated with some of the greatest jazz artists of all time including Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, and TonyScott. After World War II, the self-taught musician had faced a bitter struggle to assimilate back into society. In Rome, he said he sold chickens to survive. His surname was cursed and for a while he performed music under the stage name Romano Full. Eventually, he resumed his identity as Romano Mussolini in the 1960s when his All Stars ensemble won critical acclaim. His whole life he refrained from discussing his father's legacy until publishing this memoir in Italian at age seventy-seven in 2004 "before it was too late." His first marriage was in 1962 to Maria Sciccolone, a jazz singer and younger sister of famed actress Sophia Loren. The couple had two daughters, Elisabetta and Alessandra, though ultimately divorced after years of marital estrangement. In 1990 Romano married the actress Carla Puccini, with whom he had a daughter Rachele. He lived in Rome until his death on February 3, 2006. Read More Read Less
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