Donatella Raffai

Donatella Raffai was an Italian radio and television writer and presenter.

Life and career

Born in Fabriano on 8 September 1943, Raffai started her career as a public relations manager for RCA and as an image consultant for several singers, notably Mia Martini and Nada.
In 1971 she debuted as a radio presenter, and she made her television debut in 1980, with the show Chi ci invita?. After co-writing and co-hosting with Corrado Augias the Rai 3 program Telefono giallo, the popularity among the general public came in 1989, with the Rai 3 true-crime program about missing persons Chi l'ha visto?, that she wrote and hosted until 1994 and for which she was awarded a and a Telegatto. In the following years she presented several programs, until her last work, Giallo 4, that she wrote and hosted between 1999 and 2000 on Rete 4.
Raffai died after a long illness on 10 February 2022, at the age of 78.