Five years without Nadia Toffa, the memory of Le Iene and her mother Margherita Rebuffoni

Five years have passed since the death of Nadia Toffathe presenter of the Hyenas died on August 13, 2019 at just 40 years old from a brain tumor, and from the editorial staff of the Italia Uno program, a beautiful tribute to the colleague arrived via social media, a video that portrays her at the seaside, in the bright light of a beautiful sunset: “5 years without you. Bye Nadia”, the words that accompany it.

Instead, the presenter’s mother told the story Margherita Rebuffoni, that speaking with the Brescia Newspaper he retraced the last moments with his daughter first and his life turned upside down, after. The loss of a son “It changes the perspective on most things, many stop having importance”, said the woman, who in 2022 revealed that she heard her daughter’s voice through a third party. Margherita Rebuffoni then recalled how Nadia Toffa left her some things to do, a list. “The first was to publish what she had written in the last months of her life. We slept together and when I woke up at night I always saw her there intent on writing on her cell phone: “Otherwise I’ll forget.” Then in the morning she read them to me,” the presenter’s mother revealed to Brescia Newspaper. Nadia Toffa wanted «Help the last, those who do not have the means to make it on their own»as well as supporting research into glioblastoma, the cancer that killed her.

After the diagnosis – continued Mrs. Margherita – her daughter hoped to be able to support others. “She thought she could help someone else in her situation. She said that many, when they receive a cancer diagnosis, close themselves off. Nadia knew she was lucky, she still had the show, a job that she was passionate about until the end and a life full of loved ones. He wanted to help other sick people to leave home, to believe that they could still do something with their lives. And also their families to not retreat into pain.”

Nadia Toffa has undergone brain surgery five times. “Then her doctor said that the tumor had moved to an area where we hoped it would not move. She had noticed it, she could no longer close her hand properly.” To people, her mother is certain, the presenter has left the value of sharing, even in the most difficult moments.