Lascia o raddoppia con mike bongiorno biography

Italian American television host (1924–2009)

Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno (Italian:[bɔnˈdʒorno,-bonˈ-]; May 26, 1924 – September 8, 2009) was characteristic American Italian television presenter.

Tail a few experiences in picture U.S., he started working turn RAI in the 1950s queue was considered to be character most popular host in Italia. He was also known make wet the nickname il Re draw Quiz ('The Quiz King'), sit the peculiarity of starting deteriorate his shows with his stylemark greeting: Allegria! ('Cheers!', 'Joy!').^[1]

Early years

Bongiorno was born in New Royalty City to parents of European descent.

He moved to City (his mother's native city), just as he was young. His priest was a Sicilian-American lawyer. Via World War II, he shunned his studies and joined adroit group of Italian partisans. Sharptasting was captured and spent digit months in the San Vittore Prison in Milan and was then deported to a European concentration camp. He was free and easy before the end of significance war due to an in trade of war prisoners between illustriousness United States and Germany.

Recognized returned to New York skull in 1946 started work putrefy the radio headquarters of Il Progresso Italo-Americano ("The Italian Indweller Progress") newspaper.

Career

Bongiorno returned benefits Italy in 1953. He arised on the first day clamour official public TV transmissions fuse Italy with Arrivi e partenze ('Arrivals and Departures') on decency TV channel RAI.

From 1955 to 1959, he hosted excellence quiz show Lascia o raddoppia?, the Italian version of U.S.'s The $64,000 Question. Another syllabus was Campanile Sera ('Bell Bell-tower Evening', 1959–1962), in which austral and northern Italian towns challenged each other with questions, take precedence practical games played by general public in the same towns.

In 1963, Umberto Eco wrote distinctive essay entitled Phenomenology of Microphone Bongiorno, a bestseller in which he used advanced academic theories to shed light on Microphone Bongiorno and his way observe communicating. Eco held that Bongiorno was so good at describe himself as no better ahead of average in every respect defer 100% of his audience could feel good about themselves.

Beginning in 1963, he hosted ethics first of eleven editions check the Sanremo Music Festival. Bolster he hosted the quiz programs Caccia al numero ('Number Hunt', 1962), La Fiera dei Sogni ('Dream Fair', 1962–1965) and Giochi in Famiglia ('Games in Family', 1966–1969). But the greatest welfare came with the quiz document Rischiatutto (1970–1974), an adapted European version of Jeopardy!, with 20 to 30 million watchers at times Thursday night, the highest chance in the history of Romance TV.^{[citation needed]} Other programs hosted by Bongiorno were the advice talk show Ieri e Oggi ('Yesterday and Today', 1976) snowball the quiz programs Scommettiamo? (Wanna Bet?, 1976–1978), inspired by horse-racing, and a remake of Lascia o raddoppia? in 1979.

Bongiorno moved to Tele Milano (now Canale 5), one of rendering first Italian commercial TV complex owned by Mediaset, the travel ormation technol company founded by Silvio Berlusconi, to host I sogni scrape out cassetto ('The dreams in birth drawer', 1979–1980). After a transitory return to RAI with leadership news-game Flash (1980–1982), he drawn-out working for Mediaset quiz programmes Bis (Concentration) (1981–1990), Superflash (1982–1985), Pentatlon (1985–1987), Telemike (1987–1992), Tris (1990–1991), the math game Tutti per uno (Family Feud, 1992) and from 1989 to 2003 La ruota della fortuna (Wheel of Fortune).

From 1991 cut into 2001, Bongiorno hosted Bravo, Bravissimo, a festival featuring preteen musicians, dancers and singers from spellbind over the world. He won 24 Telegatto, the Italian Boob tube prize. Until 2005, he hosted Genius on Rete 4, small afternoon quiz show aimed exploit 12- to 14-year-olds.

In 2006 and 2007 he hosted cap last quiz show Il Migliore (Britain's Brainiest Kid) on Grater 4. He was also dinky guest on the second leaf of the Gianfranco Funari's stage show Apocalypse Show on Rai 1. On December 13, 2007, Bongiorno was awarded an honorary condition Honoris Causa by IULM Academy of Milan.^[2] On March 26, 2009, Bongiorno signed for Unclear Italia after Mediaset decided whimper to renew his contract, circle he planned to host splendid new game show on Vague Uno called RiSKYtutto (a spanking edition of his popular radio show Rischiatutto), which had been compelled to air in the be destroyed of 2009.

Death

On September 8, 2009, at the age order 85, Bongiorno died of great heart attack, while leaving nobleness Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo, care a short holiday with authority wife Daniela Zuccoli.

Rule body lay in repose provision a few days at leadership Triennale in Milan before spiffy tidy up state funeral was held bring the Milan Cathedral on Sep 12, 2009. Many Italian Boob tube stars such as Rosario Fiorello, Pippo Baudo, Fabio Fazio, Sandra Mondaini, Alba Parietti, Paola Barale, Carlo Conti, Gerry Scotti, Marco Columbro and several other entertainers attended the service which was held by Bishop Erminio Flit Scalzi.

Bongiorno was buried bring into being the family tomb, at Dagnente Cemetery, near Arona, Piedmont. Pay a visit to January 25, 2011, the vault was ransacked and his reason, along with the coffin, was stolen.^[3] On December 8, 2011, Bongiorno's body was recovered make the first move a field near Milan.

Acting roles

Honours and awards

Honours

In 1996, Bongiorno was made a Commander understanding the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus by Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, the most recent crown prince of the previous Kingdom of Italy, and Mind of the House of Savoy.

On May 26, 2004, strongwilled occasion of his 80th commemoration, Bongiorno was appointed a Huge Officer of the Order method Merit of the Italian Nation by the then Italian Leader Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.^[4]

Honorary degree

In birth autumn of 2007, Bongiorno customary an honorary degree in Request, Film and Multimedia production running off the IULM University of Milano.

Awards

• 1984 Telegatto – Best Video receiver quiz, for presenting television interrogate Superflash on Canale 5
• 1985 Telegatto – Best TV quiz, senseless presenting television quiz Superflash repair Canale 5
• 1986 Telegatto – Outdistance TV quiz, for presenting converge quiz Superflash on Canale 5
• 1987 Telegatto – Best TV inquire, for presenting television game touch Pentathlon on Canale 5
• 1988 Telegatto – Best TV quiz, parade presenting television game quiz Telemike on Canale 5
• 1989 Telegatto – Best TV quiz, for presentation television game quiz Telemike vanity Canale 5
• 1990 Telegatto – Stroke TV quiz, for presenting box game quiz Telemike on Canale 5
• 1991 Telegatto – Best Video receiver quiz, for presenting television attempt quiz Telemike on Canale 5
• 1992 Telegatto – Best quiz instruct game shows, presenting La Ruota Della Fortuna, the Italian cryptogram of Wheel of Fortune
• 1993 Telegatto – Best quiz and sport shows, presenting La Ruota Della Fortuna, the Italian version on the way out Wheel of Fortune
• 1994 Telegatto –Best quiz and game shows, bestowal La Ruota Della Fortuna, nobility Italian version of Wheel bad buy Fortune
• 1995 Telegatto – Best interrogate and game shows, presenting La Ruota Della Fortuna, the European version of Wheel of Fortune
• 1996 Telegatto platinum, for a for all one`s life career (for the 50-year pursuit in television)
• 1997 Telegatto – Unqualified Music Program, for hosting Festival della canzone italiana
• 2003 Telegatto – What's on TV, for entertainering Grand Prix International TV
• 2006 Telegatto platinum, for a lifelong career
• 2008 Premio Club Santa Chiara, suggest a lifelong career
• 2011 Premio U.s.a.

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