Selling a house desperately And I am desperately looking for a house These are just two of the programs that brought the face of Paola Marella into the living rooms of Italians. The Milanese architect, who became a star of the channel Real timedied on Saturday, September 21 at the age of 61. He had been battling cancer for some time: he spoke about it in 2021 in an interview with Panorama“The message we have to send is that we must not be afraid, that we are not alone, that unfortunately the disease comes but that today, thanks to science, we know how to face it.” Marella leaves behind a son, Nicola.