Curiosity can be easily satisfied with a quick search on the web – that’s how I learned about the fate of my childhood friend, Luca Prodan. We were not allowed to play together, after his parents decided that he should hang out with other wealthy kids. Luca continued studying in private schools, then he was sent to a college in Scotland – which he hated and from which he ran away, ending up in London, where he discovered the punk rock scene and heroin.
To cut a long story short, he ended up in Argentina, where he became a famous rock star, dying a junkie and alcoholic, in 1987.
Some links on Luca’s life follow. A small homage to an old friend.
Wikipedia entry on Luca Prodan (in Italian).
Luca. Documental de Rodrigo Espina. from Orlando Echeverri on Vimeo.
Gente on the 20th anniversary of Luca’s death (en español).
Rolling Stone, in Italian