Italian actor Monica Vitti, an icon best known for her starring roles in films by Michelangelo Antonioni, has died aged 90, the country’s culture ministry said on Wednesday.
“Goodbye Monica Vitti, goodbye queen of Italian cinema.
Former Italian culture minister Walter Veltroni broke the news of Vitti’s death with a tweet.
Vitti, who had been suffering from a degenerative disease, had withdrawn from public life in recent years.