death_date death_place birth_place other_names nationality name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
03 february 1960 rome , italy turin , italy fred italy italian fred buscaglione november 23 , 1921 fatima robin fred buscaglione 1959.jpg fred buscaglione
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fred buscaglione

ferdinando `` fred '' buscaglione -lrb- ; 23 november 1921 -- 3 february 1960 -rrb- was an italian singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s .
his public persona -- the character he played both in his songs and his movies -- was of a humorous mobster with a penchant for whisky and women .
