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Franca Rame Obituary
Rame's death was marked with a moment of silence in Parliament, where she served as a senator from 2006 to 2008, and President Giorgio Napolitano praised her "passionate civic engagement."
Born into a theatrical family, Rame was a stage and film actress who married the actor and playwright Fo in 1954 in Milan's St. Ambrose Cathedral.
The couple founded theater companies that thrived on political satire, winning acclaim from progressive audiences and critics, but also upsetting the powerful.
In the 1970s she began writing plays herself, including "The Rape," about her experience being brutalized in 1973 by far-right extremists.
In 1980, Rame and Fo were refused entry visas to the United States because of their support for left-wing activities in Italy. Then, in 1984, the U.S. government relented a nd allowed the couple to visit and see the New York production of "Accidental Death of an Anarchist."
The play, Fo's most internationally known, is a work of fiction based on real-life events involving the suspicious death of an anarchist who fell from the window of the Milan police station.
Fo dedicated his 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature to Rame.
She is survived by Fo and a son.
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michelle plakas-kaiser
June 2, 2013
rip
May 31, 2013
MAY THE FAMILY BE COMFORTED BY REFLECTING ON THE MANY BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES THAT YOU WILL TREASURE FOREVER. SOON OUR HEAVENLY FATHER THROUGH HIS SON WILL DO AWAY WITH DEATH ALL TOGETHER.
May 31, 2013
The scriptures speak of a time when we will be able to see our loved ones again. My prayers are with your family at this time. May the God of comfort grant you peace.
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May 31, 2013
Celebrating a life well lived. We will cherish the memories forever.
May 31, 2013
May God continue to be with your family and friends in this time of sorrow.
May 31, 2013
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
May 30, 2013
May your happy memories comfort you until you are reunited with your loved one.
Ms Alexander
May 30, 2013
To the Rame family I am so sorry for the lost of your love one, may you find comfort and peace during this time.
May 30, 2013
I am so sorry for your great loss. May the God who is 'binding up the broken hearted and comforting those mourning' sustain you during this most difficult time. (Isa. 61:1,2). Again, my deepest sympathies.
May 30, 2013
Le nostre condoglianze alla famiglia Rame. Possa il Dio di ogni consolazione fornirà tutte le forze per far fronte con la vostra perdita. - 2 Corinzi 1:3,4
May 30, 2013
May God bring you and family comfort .
1Cor. 15:22 For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.
May 30, 2013
Offering my deepest condolences during this difficult time, I'm so very sorry for your loss, death is something we are never prepared for, but please find comfort in knowing sickness, pain and death will one day be no more.
In sorrow a new life is upon your spirit
Victoria&Andrew ~":"~
May 29, 2013
Our condolences
to all your family&friends..
In a time that means so much
so sorry to hear of her Death
rip`Franca Rame ~:~
Shay
May 29, 2013
Le mie condoglianze e preghiere per la famiglia in questo momento. Né può la famiglia trovare conforto nel sapere che presto il nostro creatore celeste sarà resuscitare il vostro amato uno per vivere per sempre su una nuova terra di paradiso dove morte saranno più, sarà il dolore e la sofferenza.(John 05.28, 29;Apocalisse 21:1-4)
Il nostro Creatore amorevole non destinato mai per noi di morire e per i nostri cari a sopportare tale dolore.
Che meravigliosa giornata sarà quando saranno resuscitati tutti i nostri cari a vivere per sempre in pace, felicità e gioia sapendo che non vogliamo avere a morte più di esperienza.
May this knowledge give the family and friends the strength to endure until God fulfills this promise.
May 29, 2013
I am very sorry for the loss of your loved one. The days ahead will be difficult, but in the days to come
the peace and love that we hope for will be fulfilled on an earthwide scale. All living then on will receive
life forever on a paradise earth with all needs cared for. Isaiah 65:17, 21~23
Dwayne Bickham
May 29, 2013
in God's care rest in peace
Stacy
May 29, 2013
My heart goes out to family and loved ones on your loss. May the God of all comfort be with you.
Eunice D.
May 29, 2013
Nostri pensieri sono con la famiglia della Signora Rame Po. Questi sono dei momenti difficili però sapete che state nei nostri pensieri e che la speranza che Dio ci da in Revelazione 21:3,4 será realtà fra poco. Che Dio vi aiuta e vi da della pace.
kate
May 29, 2013
I am so sorry for your loss. May the God of all comfort give you the peace that excels all thought at this difficult time.
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