Italian singer Pino Daniele dead at 59 - update 3

(ANSA) - Rome, January 5 - Tributes poured in Monday for Italian singer Pino Daniele, dead at age 59 after a heart attack.
    Sources said Daniele was rushed to hospital in Rome in critical condition after the heart attack Sunday night, but efforts to save him failed.
    "It is a terrible time," said daughter Sara.
    His funeral will be held in Rome on Wednesday at noon, at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Love.
    A priest who has been a friend of Daniele's family, said that it was chosen "because it is very large and can accommodate many people".
    Luigi de Magistris, the mayor of Naples, the singer's hometown, said that day will be declared a city-wide day of mourning and flags were flying at half-mast there Monday.
    Premier Matteo Renzi called the death a terrible loss for the country as well as the city of Naples.
    "I still have in my ears his music from New Year's Eve (celebrations)," the premier said.
    "He had an incredible voice, one that sang not only of Naples and of the South, but throughout all of Italy," said Renzi.
    A master of rock, jazz, blues and traditional Neapolitan music, Daniele's first album Terra mia was released in 1977.
    Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe of Naples called Daniele "an honoured son" of the city.
    "He was a great artist," said the cardinal.
    The singer had apparently began to feel ill Sunday night while at his isolated vacation home in the countryside near Orbetello in the Maremma region of Tuscany.
    At about 9:15 p.m. local time, an ambulance with a doctor was sent out and about 10 minutes was lost clarifying the address of Daniele's farmhouse, sources said.
    By the time he arrived in hospital in Rome, he was in critical condition and died soon after.
    "When Pino Daniele has arrived in our hospital, the situation was so serious that he immediately underwent CPR, but unfortunately after a few minutes he was dead," said Carlo Saitto, a spokesman for the health region when the Rome hospital Sant'Eugenio is located.
    "There was nothing we could do, unfortunately," added Saitto, who said time of death was recorded as 22:45.