Björn Andrésen, Swedish Actor Who Starred in ‘Death in Venice,’ Dies Aged 70

Swedish actor and musician Björn Andrésen, who rose to prominence as a teenager in “Death in Venice” (1971), has died at age 70.

Kristian Petri, filmmaker and co-director of “The Most Beautiful Boy in the World,” confirmed his death to newspaper Dagens Nyheter. No cause of death was given.

Andrésen was 15 when Italian director Luchino Visconti cast him as Tadzio in “Death in Venice,” based on Thomas Mann’s 1912 novella.

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