Living or Dead? Franco Zeffirelli

Has Italian director and producer of films and television Franco Zeffirelli died? Or is he still alive?

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Italian director and producer of films and television

Dead

Born	12 Feb 1923 in Florence
Died	15 Jun 2019 in Rome
Age	96 years, 4 months
Cause	disease

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Franco Zeffirelli in Moscow.

Gian Franco Corsi (Franco) Zeffirelli (Italian: [fraŋko ddzeffiˈrɛlli]; 12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019) was an Italian director and producer of operas, films and television. He was also a senator from 1994 till 2001 for the Italian centre-right Forza Italia party. Some of his operatic designs and productions have become worldwide classics.He was also known for several of the movies he directed, especially the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. His 1967 version of The Taming of the Shrew with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton remains the best-known film adaptation of that play as well. His miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977) won both national and international acclaim and is still frequently shown on Christmas and Easter in many countries. A Grande Ufficiale OMRI of the Italian Republic since 1977, Zeffirelli also received an honorary British knighthood in 2004 when he was created a KBE. He was awarded the Premio Colosseo in 2009 by the city of Rome.

He is also known as Gianfranco Corsi and Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli.

Zeffirelli died at his home in Rome on 15 June 2019, at the age of 96.

Franco Zeffirelli has worked on the following films: