Actress Anita Ekberg Dies, Starred in 'La Dolce Vita'

Anita Ekberg, the striking blonde Swedish actress whose sashay through Rome's Trevi fountain in La Dolce Vita made her an icon of cinema, died Sunday at 83 at a clinic near the Italian capital, her lawyer said. “She had many friends who were with her until the end,” Patrizia Ubaldi told Reuters in reference to Ekberg, who had been ill for two years and struggled financially for longer. Earning a very low retirement income, Ekberg “didn't live in luxury in the last few years,...

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