Carlo Cecchi, 1939 –2026

Italian actor Carlo Cecchi, 86, died on Jan. 23. Cecchi was well known as a stage actor and director, especially in Florence. From the 1960s through the 2010s, he also appeared in numerous films and TV shows, including some that were seen in the US: Le Mans, Stealing Beauty, The Red Violin, Silk, Martin Eden, Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician, Honey. Cecchi stayed active onstage, and was last seen in 2025 in The Legend of the Holy Drinker, by Joseph Roth.