Homo Sapiens, the Italian singer and bassist associated with the pop rock group Homo Sapiens, died on February 16, 2026.
The group, sometimes spelled Gli Homo Sapiens, was mainly successful in the 1970s. Formed in the late 1960s as I Tarli, it adopted its current name in 1972 and had its first major success in 1975 with the ballad “Tornerai tornerò,” which reached ninth place on the Italian hit parade.
The group won the 1977 Sanremo Music Festival with “Bella da morire,” and later scored another success with “Io e te stasera” before disbanding in the early 1980s and reuniting in 1990.
Homo Sapiens (sometimes spelled as Gli Homo Sapiens) is an Italian pop rock group who were mainly successful in the 1970s.