Overview
- His daughter reported the death occurred on October 25, with the news publicly announced on October 27 by codirectors Kristian Petri and Kristina Lindström.
- Most reports say no cause of death has been disclosed, though at least one outlet cites a codirector saying he died of cancer, leaving details inconsistent.
- Andrésen rose to international prominence at 15 as Tadzio in Luchino Visconti’s 1971 Death in Venice, after which Visconti labeled him “the most beautiful boy in the world.”
- The 2021 documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World and Andrésen’s own accounts described lasting trauma from early fame, including sexualization and the feeling of being “thrown to the wolves.”
- He worked intermittently in film and music, returned to global notice with a small role in Midsommar (2019), and lived a life marked by early family losses and later struggles with depression and addiction.