Tomas Milian, famed for his
serio-comic roles in spaghetti westerns and police comedies with
his legendary Roman character Er Monnezza, died Wednesday in
Miami at the age of 84, sources said Thursday. Cuban-born Milan,
whose real name was Tomás Quintín Rodríguez Milián, had been
living in the US for some years but made his name in Italy
where, despite working with auteurs like Alberto Lattuada,
Luchino Visconti and Citto Maselli, his broader comic characters
- including also police inspector Nico Giraldi, gained him a
cult following. Tomas Milian was found in yesterday in his home
in Miami at 23:00 local, where doctors said he died of a stroke,
his friend Monica Cattaneo told ANSA. "Last week, the last time
I heard from him, he asked me to bring him back to Rome because
he had decided he wanted to live the last few years of his life
in Rome and die in the city which he had seen for the last time
when he was honoured at the Rome Film Fest". Milian, who wanted
to be cremated, is survived by his son Tommaso who lives in New
York. Hw wife died in 2012.
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