Talk:Franco De Vita

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Is Italian his native language?

I know he was born in Venezuela, but he moved to Italy at the age of 3, around the time a child begins acquiring their native language. As a result, I wonder, is Italian his native language, and he did he therefore not learn Spanish until the age of 13 when he returned to Venezuela?205.246.153.217 (talk) 00:56, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gay?

De Vita is often rumored to be gay, due to the fact that one of his songs, "Rosa O Clavel", talks about accepting gays as they are, as well as the fact that in most of his songs it is ambiguous whether he is talking to a man or to a woman. The Spanish language has different adjectives for male and female, and yet De Vita almost completely avoids using these adjectives to as to make it impossible to know whether he is talking to a man or a woman.

This is unreferenced. Also, just because he defends gay community in a song or composes unisex-dedicated songs, doesn't mean he is gay. Consequently, if the above text cannot be verified, it has to be deleted. --Twicemost (talk) 07:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Because no one replied, and because the information is still unreferenced, I am deleting it. But if you can find reliable sources stating that Franco is gay, the feel free to re-add it. Until then, please, do not add original research to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Twicemost (talk • contribs) 00:45, 9 June 2008 (UTC) [reply]