Nella Martinetti
Nella Martinetti (21 January 1946 – 29 July 2011) was a Swiss singer, songwriter and actress, affectionately known as "Bella Nella".
Nella Martinetti
- Name
- Nella Martinetti
- Born
- 4 June 1946
- Birthplace
- Brissago, Switzerland
- Died
- 29 July 2011
- Place of death
- Männedorf, Switzerland
- Occupation
- Singer, songwriter, actress
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Fields
- music · children's and young adult literature
- Languages
- German · Italian
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Nella Martinetti (21 January 1946 – 29 July 2011) was a Swiss singer, songwriter and actress, affectionately known as "Bella Nella".
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• Name — Nella Martinetti • Born — 4 June 1946 • Birthplace — Brissago, Switzerland • Died — 29 July 2011 • Place of death — Männedorf, Switzerland • Occupation — Singer, songwriter, actress
Biography
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She was born in Brissago, Ticino, Switzerland. In 1986, she became the first winner of the Grand Prix der Volksmusik with the song "Bella Musica", which she composed. In 1987, along with Atilla Şereftuğ, Martinetti approached a then unknown young Canadian singer Céline Dion, asking her to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988. Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi." Martinetti entered into a civil union with her longtime partner Marianne Schneebeli in 2009. The couple lived in Jona. In later life, Martinetti suffered from fibromyalgia. Martinetti died in Männedorf, Canton of Zürich in 2011 from pancreatic cancer, aged 65.
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2000
Nella Martinetti (2000) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2011
Nella Martinetti died on 29 July 2011.
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Nella Martinetti is recorded as actress, singer, songwriter, television presenter and composer.
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