Ciao to maestro director Franco Zeffirelli

By By Colleen Barry
Updated June 16 2019 - 11:08am, first published 11:04am
Italian film director Franzo Zeffirelli has died in Rome at the age of 96.
Italian film director Franzo Zeffirelli has died in Rome at the age of 96.

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in his cinematic Romeo and Juliet and the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth, has died at 96.

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