Franco Zeffirelli
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Franco Zeffirelli, KBE (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019) was an Italian director and producer of movies and television. He was also a opera director and designer of Italian operas.
He was a former senator of Catania (1994–2001). His political party was the Forza Italia party.
He received an honorary knighthood from the British government in 2004 when he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[1]
Zeffirelli was born Gianfranco Zeffirelli on 12 February 1923 in Florence, Italy. He was openly gay.[2] In 2007 and 2018, he was accused of harassing an actor and a movie director.[3] Zeffirelli died after a long-illness on 15 June 2019 in Rome at the age of 96.[4]
References
- ↑ BBC News. "UK honour for director Zeffirelli."
- ↑ Barbara McMahon (21 November 2006). Zeffirelli tells all about priest's sexual assault. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/21/books.film.
- ↑ "Director Franco Zeffirelli, 94, accused of molesting actor in 1992; son denies it".
- ↑ "È morto Franco Zeffirelli, addio al Maestro". La Nazione. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.