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Olivia Hussey: Life through photos


Olivia Hussey, a veteran stage and screen actress is perhaps best known for her role her role as Juliet Capulet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film Romeo and Julietpassed away Friday at his home. She was 73 years old.

ROMEO AND JULIET from left Olivia Hussey Leonard Whiting 1968.

ROMEO AND JULIET, from left: Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting, 1968.

Collection courtesy of Everett.

Leonard Whiting Olivia Hussey in ROMEO AND JULIET 1968

Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey in ROMEO AND JULIET 1968

From the Everett Collection.

Olivia Hussey was “surrounded by loved ones” at the time of her death, an Instagram post into her account announced. “Olivia was a remarkable person whose warmth, wisdom and pure kindness touched the lives of all who knew her,” the post said, saying she “lived a life filled with full of passion, love and dedication to art, spirituality and kindness towards animals.” No cause of death was given, but according to female San Francisco Chronicleit was “thought to be cancerous.” (Vanity fair That claim could not be independently confirmed at the time of publication.)

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