Italian director Fellini dies

1993 - Director Federico Fellini, 73, adored by the world film community and revered as a legend by his countrymen, died in Rome after two weeks in a coma. “A great light has gone out and now we are all in the dark,” said Italian actress Sophia Loren, who like Fellini is one of the symbols of the Italian film world. Fellini, whose name became a trademark for filmmaking that blurred fantasy with reality until they became indistinguishable, died of cardiac arrest.