What is Leone di Lernia?
{{Infobox musical artist |image = Leonedilernia.jpg |image_size = 250 |name = Leone di Lernia |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Leonardo di Lernia |Brother = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|4|18|df=y}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|2|28|1938|4|18|df=y}} |origin = [[Trani]], [[Apulia]], [[Italy]] |death_place = [[Milan]], [[Italy]] |Instruments = |genre = [[trash (nightclub)|trash]], [[pop music|pop]], [[Rock music|rock]] |occupation = |years_active = 1968–2017 |label = Duck Records |website = }} '''Leone di Lernia''' (born '''Leonardo di Lernia'''; 18 April 1938 &ndash; 28 February 2017) was an Italian radio host, singer, actor and composer. He gained popularity in early 1990s, thanks to the cover of [[parody]] or comedic songs of dance music. He has been for almost fifteen years (1999 to 2008 and again, even if partially, from 2011 to 2016) the host of the radio program [[Lo Zoo di 105]] on [[Radio 105 Network]]. Lernia died in [[Milan]] on 28 February 2017 from [[liver cancer]], aged 78.<ref>[http://bari.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/02/28/news/morto_leone_di_lernia-159433091 E' morto Leone di Lernia: dalla Puglia a Milano, la voce trash più amata in radio] {{in lang|it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lernia, Leone di}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from liver cancer]] [[Category:20th-century Italian composers]] [[Category:Italian singers]] [[Category:Italian movie actors]] [[Category:Italian radio personalities]] [[Category:21st-century Italian composers]]