Death
She died at the age of 65 in Rome from pancreatic cancer. A huge crowd gathered for her funeral in a final salute that Romans usually reserve for Popes, even erupting into applause when her body was seen being carried out. She was provisionally laid to rest in the family mausoleum of Roberto Rossellini, her favorite director and longtime friend. She was interred in the Cimitero Comunale, San Felice Circeo, Lazio, Italy.
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