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Article: MARCELLO MASTROIANNI, 72, ACCLAIMED ITALIAN FILM STAR.(News)(Obituary)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- December 20, 1996
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Byline: Celestine Bohlen The New York Times
Marcello Mastroianni, the Italian actor whose diffident but romantic charm made him one of the movies' best-loved Latin lovers and whose keen dramatic sense made him an international star in such films as ``La Dolce Vita'' and ``8-1/2,'' died Thursday at his home in Paris. He was 72 and also had a home in Rome.
Italian news agencies reported Thursday that he had suffered from cancer of the pancreas. No cause of death was officially given.
Enzo Biagi, an Italian journalist and friend who said he last saw Mastroianni two months ago walking with a cane, added that the actor had not wanted people to know ...