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Save Your Love singer Renato dies | Save Your Love singer Renato dies |
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The male half of singing duo Renée and Renato, who had a UK number one hit in 1982 with Save Your Love, has died. | The male half of singing duo Renée and Renato, who had a UK number one hit in 1982 with Save Your Love, has died. |
Former Italian waiter Renato Pagliari, 69, who lived in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, died in hospital last week after surgery for a brain tumour. | Former Italian waiter Renato Pagliari, 69, who lived in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, died in hospital last week after surgery for a brain tumour. |
The Rome-born crooner also provided the voice behind the Walls ice-cream TV advert Just One Cornetto. | The Rome-born crooner also provided the voice behind the Walls ice-cream TV advert Just One Cornetto. |
Renato is survived by his wife Maureen, son Remo, daughter Amanda, and three grandsons. | Renato is survived by his wife Maureen, son Remo, daughter Amanda, and three grandsons. |
Villa fan | Villa fan |
The singer entered the TV talent show New Faces in 1975 and caught the attention of songwriter Johnny Edward, who had written Save Your Love. | The singer entered the TV talent show New Faces in 1975 and caught the attention of songwriter Johnny Edward, who had written Save Your Love. |
The song was eventually recorded in 1982 and became that year's Christmas number one single. | The song was eventually recorded in 1982 and became that year's Christmas number one single. |
By the time it topped the charts, Renée had already joined another band. | By the time it topped the charts, Renée had already joined another band. |
The duo did attempt follow-up hits - Just One More Kiss and Jesus Loves Us All - but they flopped. | The duo did attempt follow-up hits - Just One More Kiss and Jesus Loves Us All - but they flopped. |
Renée later returned to private life but Renato still occasionally sang at his son's restaurant in Tamworth, Staffordshire, called Renato's. | Renée later returned to private life but Renato still occasionally sang at his son's restaurant in Tamworth, Staffordshire, called Renato's. |
Renato supported Aston Villa Football Club and during the early 1990s was asked by the then manager Ron Atkinson to sing Nessun Dorma at half time during a match. | Renato supported Aston Villa Football Club and during the early 1990s was asked by the then manager Ron Atkinson to sing Nessun Dorma at half time during a match. |