The late 'Romeo & Juliet' star died almost a decade after her breast cancer returned.

Olivia Hussey, best known for playing ‘Juliet’ in the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet passed away at the age of 73 due to cancer on December 27, 2024, in San Francisco, California.

Olivia Hussey Eisley, star of the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” and the slasher classic “Black Christmas,” has died, according to a post on her Instagram page. She was 73.

She also played Mary in the 1977 miniseries 'Jesus of Nazareth' and was memorable in 'Black Christmas' and 'Death on the Nile.'

Olivia Hussey, who played Juliet in the 1968 film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet," has died. She was 73. On Dec. 27, her family announced her death in a statement they shared to Hussey's official Instagram account. Hussey died "peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on December 27th," the statement read. A cause of death was not shared.

Olivia Hussey Eisley, star of 1968's 'Romeo and Juliet,' Stephen King's 'It' and 'Psycho IV: The Beginning,' has died. She was 73 years old. Olivia died 'peacefully' at home on Dec. 27 surrounded by her loved ones,

Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Romeo & Juliet actress Olivia Hussey has died at the age of 73. "It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Olivia Hussey Eisley, who went peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on December 27th," a message on her Instagram page said Friday.

Olivia Hussey Eisley, the British-Argentine actor who shot to fame as a teenager starring as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and went on to star in the slasher classic “Black Christmas” and the 1978 “Death on the Nile,” died Friday. She was 73. Hussey’s death was confirmed to the San …