Mina Personal life
 In 1962 Mina fell in love with the actor Corrado Pani. As he was already married, their relationship astonished the whole Italian audience. On April 18, 1963 their son Massimiliano Pani was born. Due to Mina's refusal to hide her relationship, the singer was totally banned by Italian Broadcasting Service from performing on TV and radio. As people continued demanding to see Mina on the air, RAI was forced to end the ban and let Mina triumphantly return to television on January 10, 1964. Soon their love story was, however, over, resulting in a legal battle for baby Massimiliano's custody rights. Mina's brother Alfredo Mazzini died in a car accident in 1965. A year later she and his father moved to live in Lugano, Switzerland. Mina's intimate relationships still stayed in Italy, as she had a short tie to the Italian TV editor Walter Chiari. A later relationship - with the actor Gian Maria Volont? - was broken, after she found out Volonte's affair with an actress. Mina's great love of the late sixties, that during three years was all but conveyed into a marriage, was the composer Augusto Martelli. In 1970 she met and married Virgilio Crocco, a journalist for the Messaggero newspaper. In November, 1971 their daughter Benedetta Mazzini was born. In 1973 Crocco died in a car accident.
In 1981 Mina started her relationship with the Swiss cardiologist Eugenio Quaini. In 1990 she aquired Swiss citizenship. Mina Anna Mazzini and Eugenio Quaini were married in January 10, 2006. According to the Swiss law, the wife changed to her husbands last name - Mrs. Mina Anna Quaini. Her audience calls her Mina Mazzini to date.
Mina is a passionate cook and a poker player.
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