Claudia Cardinale, Star of ‘8½’ and ‘The Leopard,’ Dies at 87

Claudia Cardinale, Star of ‘8½’ and ‘The Leopard,’ Dies at 87
Italian actress Claudia Cardinale appears at the Prix Lumieres awards ceremony in Paris on Jan. 18, 2013. Zacharie Scheurer/AP Photo
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ROME—Acclaimed Italian actor Claudia Cardinale, who starred in some of the most celebrated European films of the 1960s and 1970s, has died in France, her agent said Wednesday. She was 87.

Cardinale died in Nemours, France, surrounded by her children, her agent Laurent Savry told The Associated Press.