Film journalist Claudia Laffranchi dies, aged 49

By 2012-05-24T13:10:00

Claudia Laffranchi at the Piazza Grande Olivier Pere and Claudia Cardinale

Journalist and film expert Claudia Laffranchi, affectionately known as the “Face of the Piazza Grande” after serving as host and master of ceremonies of Locarno Film Festival’s nightly open-air screenings for seven years from 2005 to 2011, has unexpectedly died at the age of 49.

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