April 6, 1980

Valentina Giovagnini was a popular Italian singer who lived from 1980 until 2009. She recorded between 2001 and the time of her death, winning many awards for her soul-searching vocal approach. On January 2 of 2009 she was in a car accident and died later that night during surgery. Her posthumous album Amore Non Ha Fine entered the Italian charts briefly in May of 2009. ~ Fred Thomas