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.