Popular Italian actor Flavio
Bucci has died at the age of 72, the mayor of Fiumicino near
Rome said Tuesday.
Mayor Esterino Montino called Bucci "the great actor known
for the (TV) character of (sculptor) Antonio Ligabue and dozens
of films including Il Marchese Del Grillo", where in the beloved
Alberto Sordi classic he plays a self-styled criminal 'priest'.
Sources said Bucci died of a heart attack.
Born in Turin in 1947, Bucci began his screen acting career
in 1971.
As well as for the Marchese del Grillo, he is known for movie
roles such as Daniel, the blind pianist, in Dario Argento's
Suspiria (1977), and Blackie in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders
(1975).
His other movie appearances include The Working Class Goes to
Heaven (1971), Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973), To Love the
Damned (1980), The Homeless One (1981), Dream of a Summer Night
(1983), The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985) and Il Divo
(2008).
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