70s Italian Sexy Comedy Icon Nadia Cassini Passes Away at 76

Rome: 1970s sexy comedy icon Nadia Cassini has died at the age of 76 after a long illness, her family said Wednesday. Cassini passed away Tuesday afternoon in her home in Reggio Calabria, where she had been residing for some time.

According to Ansa News Agency, Cassini was a prominent figure in the Italian sexy comedy genre throughout the 70s and 80s. She rose to fame through a series of films starring alongside Lino Banfi between 1979 and 1980. Notable works include “L’insegnante balla… con tutta la classe” (1979), “The Nurse in the Military Madhouse” (1979), and “La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello” (1980).

Born Gianna Lou Mller in New York in 1949, Cassini was the daughter of an American father of German descent, Harrison Mller, and an American mother of Italian descent, Patricia Noto. She adopted the surname Cassini as a stage name following her marriage to journalist Igor Cassini Loiewski.

Her final marriage was to Giuseppe Furfaro, an art dealer from Reggio Calabria. The funeral is scheduled to be held in Melito Porto Salvo in her husband’s family chapel on Friday, March 21.