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Björn Andrésen, Tadzio in ‘Death in Venice,’ Dies of Cancer at 70

A relative identified cancer as the cause, according to AFP.

Overview

  • He died on Oct. 25, 2025, with the cause disclosed two days later by a relative, AFP reported.
  • He rose to international prominence at 15 when Luchino Visconti cast him as Tadzio in the 1971 film The Death in Venice.
  • He became widely known as “the most beautiful boy in the world,” a description that shaped his public image.
  • Born in Stockholm in 1955, he was raised by his grandparents after his mother’s death.
  • He sustained an intermittent screen career, appearing as recently as 2019 in the film Midsommar.