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R.I.P. Olivia Hussey, from Romeo And Juliet and Black Christmas

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Iconic '60s and '70s actress Olivia Hussey, star of classic films like Romeo and Juliet and Black Christmas, has passed away at the age of 72.
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  • Hussey shot to fame in 1968 when she played Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare's play, opposite Leonard Whiting's Romeo.
  • She later cemented her status as a horror legend with her starring role in the 1974 slasher flick Black Christmas, one of the earliest and most influential proto-slasher films.
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Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting, Black Christmas, Romeo And Juliet, Black Christmas
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