Riccardo Miniggio (

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, 31 December 1935) and Gian Fabio Bosco (

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, 30 July 1936 -

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, 14 February 2010) were an Italian

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who worked on stage, films and television as Ric e Gian.

Life and career

Miniggio started his career as a dancer-actor in the stage company of

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, while Bosco was born in a family of actors and debuted on stage at young age, in the theatrical company of

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. The couple met in an

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at the Teatro Maffei in Turin, where Miniggio worked as a dancer and Bosco was the

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of the actor Mario Ferrero.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . They then decided to performing together as Jerry e Fabio and worked in various theaters, nights and cabarets in Northern Italy as well as at the

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. Noted by film producer

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, they renamed themselves Ric e Gian in 1962 and made their film debut in ''Ischia operazione amore'' (1966). Starting from the late 1960s, the couple gained popularity thanks to their participation in several prime time

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variety shows. In the mid-1970s they focused on theatre, and between late 1970s and early 1980s their popularity revamped thanks to a number of Antenna 3 and

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television shows they took part in. In 1987 the couple split to pursue some solo projects, before briefly reuniting between 2002 and 2006 for a number of stage shows and plays. In 2010 Bosco died, aged 73, due to an

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