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Actor in `Breakfast at Tiffany's' dies


(AP)
Updated: 2007-08-31 10:25



MADRID, Spain - Jose Luis de Vilallonga, an author, aristocrat and actor
who shared the silver screen with Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at
Tiffany's," died Thursday at his home on the island of Mallorca. He was
87.

A colorful character in Spain's high society, Vilallonga worked as a
journalist for the national press agency EFE and for the magazines
Paris-Match, Marie-Claire and Vogue. He wrote an official biography of
Spain's King Juan Carlos that was published in 1993.

A high point in his acting career came when he starred as Jose da Silva
Pereira, the dashing Brazilian multimillionaire who Holly Golightly
planned to marry in Blake Edwards' 1961 classic movie.

Vilallonga, whose aristocratic surnames included Cabeza de Vaca, was the
Marquis de Castellbell and a Grandee of Spain. His death was announced by
the government of the island of Mallorca.

Vilallonga wed three times, to British aristocrat Priscilla Scott-Ellis
(1945-1972), to Syliane Stella Morell (1974-1995), and in 1999 to
journalist Begona Aranguren.

He is survived by children John and Carmen from his first marriage and an
adopted son Fabricio.

King Juan Carlos expressed his sadness at Vilallonga's death.























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