The Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida has died at age 95

WRITTEN BY Raju Kumar Yadav

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Paola Comin, the agent, had no other information.

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She reported she had instantly started walking again when she got home.

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dark, curly hair, and she preferred the title actress to the gender-neutral actor.

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