talian actress Gina Lollobrigida, one of the biggest stars of European cinema in the 1950s and '60s, has died at the age of 95.
Often
described as "the most beautiful woman in the world", her films
included Crossed Swords, the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Beautiful But
Dangerous.
She co-starred alongside the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Rock Hudson and Errol Flynn.
Her career faded in the 1960s and she moved into photography and politics.
Nicknamed
Lo Lollo, she was one of the last surviving icons of the glory days of
film, who Bogart said "made Marilyn Monroe look like Shirley Temple".
Movie
mogul Howard Hughes showered her with marriage proposals.
Culture
minister Gennaro Sangiuliano wrote on Twitter: "Farewell to a diva of
the silver screen, protagonist of more than half a century of Italian
cinema history. Her charm will remain eternal."
She died in a Rome clinic, her former lawyer Giulia Citani told the Reuters news agency.
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