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Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci dead at 77

Film director Bernardo Bertolucci, shown in 2012 in Rome, helmed films in his native Italy and big-budget Hollywood movies over seven decades. (Andrew Medichini/Associated Press)

Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with The Last Emperor and whose erotic drama Last Tango in Paris enthralled and shocked the world, died Monday at age 77. Bertolucci’s press office, Punto e Virgola, confirmed his death in an email to The Associated Press. Italy’s state-run RAI said Bertolucci died at his home in Rome, surrounded by family. “He will be remembered among ...

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