(21 Dec 1996) T/I: 10:57:13
The body of Italian cinema great Marcello Mastroianni arrived from Paris at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Saturday (21/12). A small gathering of friends and family, including his brothers Franco, also an actor, and director Sergio, were waiting to meet the coffin at the airport. The actor's body, escorted by a guard of honour, was then transported through central Rome to be displayed in a public mortuary chapel in the Capitol. Mastroianni, who died of cancer in Paris on Thursday at the age of 72, will be buried in Rome on Sunday (22/12) alongside his mother and brother, Ruggero.
SHOWS:
ROME, ITALY, 21/12
WS Campidoglio Rome City hall, ms Italian flag, cu statue, people waiting Mastroianni body coming, press waiting, flowers, ws police coming, van with Marcello's body, CU coffin inside van, press, body carried out of van,
SOT, unidentified man saying: "He was a wonderful person as well as the
great actor, that everybody knows. He was a splendid person."
SOT, unidentified woman saying: "He gave us emotions for a lot of years and he remains inside us even if I knew him on a screen.
SOT, woman saying: "Mastroianni has marked a period, a period of life."
VS mourners arriving, CU flowers, CU coffin in state, Italian prime
minister Romano Prodi arrives, people file past coffin, relatives and
President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, WS coffin lying in state.
RUNS: 4.00 approx.
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