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Olivia Hussey, star of 1968 Romeo and Juliet film, dies aged 73


Golden Globe-winning actor ‘lived a life fu

“Olivia was a remarkable person whose warmth, wisdom, and pure kindness touched the lives of all who knew her,” her family said in a statement posted to her Instagram account. Photograph: David Livingston/Getty ImagesA judge dismissed the lawsuit later that year, saying there had been no persuasive argument as to the film being “sufficiently sexually suggestive as a matter of law to be held conclusively illegal”. Romeo and Juliet was a box office hit at the time and received four Oscar nominations, winning two, for best cinematography and best costume design.

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