Olivia Hussey, who played Juliet in the 1968 film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet," has died. She was 73. On Dec. 27, her family announced her death in a statement they shared to Hussey's official Instagram account. Hussey died "peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on December 27th," the statement read. A cause of death was not shared.

The late ‘Romeo & Juliet’ star died almost a decade after her breast cancer returned. Olivia Hussey will always be remembered for her talent and strength. The late Romeo & Juliet star — who made headlines in 2022 for suing Paramount Pictures for $500 million with her co-star Leonard Whiting — died on December 27,

Olivia Hussey Eisley, the British-Argentine actor who shot to fame as a teenager starring as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and went on to star in the slasher classic “Black Christmas” and the 1978 “Death on the Nile,” died Friday. She was 73. Hussey’s death was confirmed to the San …