Nella Martinetti
Nella Martinetti (21 January 1946 – 29 July 2011) was a Swiss singer and songwriter, affectionately nicknamed "Bella Nella". Biography
She was born in Brissago, Ticino, Switzerland. In 1986, she became the first winner of the Grand Prix der Volksmusik with the song "Bella Musica", which she composed. In 1987, along with Atilla Şereftuğ, Martinetti approached a then unknown young Canadian singer Céline Dion, asking her to represent Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi." Martinetti entered into a civil union with her longtime partner Marianne Schneebeli in 2009. Martinetti died in Männedorf, Canton of Zürich in 2011 from pancreatic cancer, aged 65. References

External links 

 Nella Martinetti's official website
 Martinetti's Yahoo.com music page

1946 births
2011 deaths
20th-century Swiss women singers
Swiss singer-songwriters
Swiss women singer-songwriters
Eurovision Song Contest winners
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Deaths from cancer in Switzerland
People from Brissago
Swiss-Italian people
Women songwriters
Swiss folk singers
Swiss LGBT singers
Swiss LGBT songwriters