(ANSA) - Montecatini Terme, April 20 - Sirio Macconi, founder
of New York's legendary Le Cirque restaurant, died in his native
Tuscany aged 88 on Sunday night,
Macconi, who had worked in Paris and Hamburg before reaching
New York, opened Le Cirque in 1974 and went on to entertain
presidents from Nixon to Clinton as well as the cream of US
movie stars and Pope John Paul II.
New York's Le Cirque restaurant founder dies
Sirio Macconi entertained film stars, presidents and popes