Personal Life
Enzo Jannacci was born in Milan on June 3, 1935. On his father's side his family is from Puglia: his grandfather, also called Vincenzo, moved to Milan from Bari just before the onset of the First World War. His mother's side of the family is from Lombardy.
His father was an aeronautical official and worked at Forlanini airport (now more commonly known as Linate). He took part in the Italian resistance movement, in particular during the defense of Milanese aviation at Piazza Novelli, an act which later inspired songs such as Sei minuti all'alba ("Six Minutes to Dawn").
In 1954, having abandoned his studies at the Alessandro Moreschi Institute, where he met Giorgio Gaber, he graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Milan. He left Italy for South Africa to specialise in cardiac surgery, where he joined the team of Christiaan Barnard, the famous surgeon. He later moved to the United States. On November 23, 1967 he married Giuliana Orefice, who gave birth to Paolo, their only child, five years later. Today Paolo is a musician and conductor.
On January 1, 2003, the very first day of Jannacci's retirement, his friend Giorgo Gaber died after a long illness at his home near Camaiore. He went to the funeral, which was held two days later at Abbazia di Chiaravalle where Gaber had married Ombretta Colli, but was only able to say that he had lost a brother.
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