Italian film icon Monica Vitti dies aged 90


By AGENCY

This file photo taken on March 11, 1980 shows Italian actress Monica Vitti posing during the first Italian festival movie in Nice, southern France. Photo: AFP

Monica Vitti, one of Italy's most beloved actresses, celebrated for both her wit and beauty and famed as the muse of Michelangelo Antonioni, has died aged 90.

"Goodbye Monica Vitti, goodbye queen of Italian cinema. Today is a truly sad day, we have lost a great artist and a great Italian," Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said Wednesday (Feb 2).

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