death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name
rome , italy 24 august 2014 rome , italy 2 september 1947 aldo donati -lrb- singer -rrb-
 aldo donati
aldo donati -lrb- singer -rrb-

aldo donati -lrb- 2 september 1947 -- 24 august 2014 -rrb- was an italian singer , composer and television personality .
born in rome , he started his career at very young age as a member of the blues-rock group `` gli arciduchi '' .
in 1974 he was one of the co-founder and a stable member of the vocal group schola cantorum , that had a consistent success for the whole decade .
as a solo singer , his main hits are the songs `` canterò canterò canterò '' , which ranked fourth at the 1980 sanremo music festival , and `` cantando '' , which entered the competition at the 1982 festivalbar .
donati was also very active as a composer , signing among others several songs for mina .
among his compositions , the most successful was `` canzoni stonate '' , a 1981 hit by gianni morandi which was later covered by several artists , including andrea bocelli and stevie wonder in a spanish adaptation -lrb- `` cançion desafinada '' -rrb- for the album `` amore '' .
a supporter of s.s. lazio , for which he composed the hymn `` so ' già du ore '' , in the 2000s he was active in television sport programs as an opinionist and occasionally a presenter .
in 2009 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage , due to an aneurysm , for which he fell into a coma .
never fully recovered , he died on 24 august 2014 , aged 66 .
