Olivia Hussey has sadly passed away. She was 73. According to a statement on her Instagram account, the actress — best known for playing Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film Romeo and Juliet — died “peacefully at her home surrounded by her loved ones” on Friday.
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See the statement (below): The cause of death has not been announced yet. However, you may know that she has struggled with her health over the years.
Olivia was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. While she went into remission after undergoing a mastectomy, she revealed to Express a decade later that doctors discovered a new tumor.
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