‘Indominable’: Milva, Beloved Italian Singer, Dies at 81

Italian singer Maria Ilva Biolcati, knowns as Milva, performs "The show must go on" during the Sanremo Italian song contest, in San Remo, Italy, on Feb. 27, 2007. Luca Bruno/AP Photo

ROME—Milva, one of Italy’s most popular singers in the ’60s and ’70s who was also beloved by many fans abroad, died Saturday at her home in Milan. She was 81.

In announcing her death, Italy’s Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said Milva’s versatile voice “stirred deep emotions in entire generations.” No cause of death was given.