Thank you for all you have given us. #RIP#BudSpencerpic.twitter.com/Ijh6oW7u9Y

— Eros D'Antona (erosdantona) June 27, 2016 Team Spencer-Hill 2:0 \u263a\ufe0f#budspencer #terencehill pic.twitter.com/rHYeZB9zRe\u2014 Bud Spencer Official (@budspencerweb) June 20, 2016 No one ate beans like Bud. #BudSpencer pic.twitter.com/hfLIaPTi5C\u2014 Scott John (@Scott_John) June 28, 2016 What they are saying \u201cMy father died peacefully and did not suffer from pain, he had all of us next to him and his last words were \u2018Thank you\u2019,\u201d \u2013 son and film producer Giuseppe Pedersoli. Ciao #BudSpencer Ti abbiamo voluto bene in tanti\u2014 Matteo Renzi (@matteorenzi) June 27, 2016", "dateCreated": "2016-06-28 08:41:49", "dateModified": "2016-06-28 08:41:49", "datePublished": "2016-06-28 08:41:49", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/articles/336911/1440x810_336911.jpg", "width": "1440px", "height": "810px", "caption": "The Italian actor starred in more than 20 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, many of them \u0022Spaghetti\u0022 westerns.", "thumbnail": "https://static.euronews.com/articles/336911/385x202_336911.jpg", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "euronews", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews-logo-main-blue-403x60.png" } }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Catherine Hardy", "url": "hardy", "sameAs": "https://twitter.com/fernojay" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Euronews", "legalName": "Euronews", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews-logo-main-blue-403x60.png", "width": "403px", "height": "60px" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] }, "video": { "@type": "VideoObject", "contentUrl": "https://video.euronews.com/mp4/med/EN/NW/SU/en/160628_NWSU_090A0-105308_E.mp4", "description": "The Italian actor starred in more than 20 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, many of them \u0022Spaghetti\u0022 westerns.", "duration": "PT52S", "embedUrl": "https://www.euronews.com/embed/336911", "height": "202px", "name": "Bud Spencer dies at the age of 86", "thumbnailUrl": "https://static.euronews.com/articles/336911/385x202_336911.jpg", "uploadDate": "2016-06-28 08:41:49", "videoQuality": "md", "width": "385px", "inLanguage": { "name": "en-GB", "alternateName": "en", "description": "//www.euronews.com", "identifier": "en", "url": "//www.euronews.com", "inLanguage": "en-GB" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Euronews", "legalName": "Euronews", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews-logo-main-blue-403x60.png", "width": "403px", "height": "60px" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] } }, "isAccessibleForFree": "False", "hasPart": { "@type": "WebPageElement", "isAccessibleForFree": "False", "cssSelector": ".poool-content" }, "speakable": { "@type": "SpeakableSpecification", "xPath": [ "/html/head/title", "/html/head/meta[@name='description']/@content" ], "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2016/06/28/bud-spencer-dies-at-the-age-of-86" } }, { "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Euronews.com", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "potentialAction": { "@type": "SearchAction", "target": "https://www.euronews.com/search?query={search_term_string}", "query-input": "required name=search_term_string" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] } ] }
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Bud Spencer dies at the age of 86

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By Catherine Hardy
Bud Spencer dies at the age of 86

The Italian actor and filmmaker Bud Spencer has died at the age of 86.

No one could eat beans like Bud

Spencer starred in more than 20 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, many of them “Spaghetti” westerns.

He passed away at his home in Rome, his family say.

How did “spaghetti westerns” get their name?

Who is Bud Spencer?

  • Italian actor and filmmaker
  • Born Naples, 1929
  • Real name Carlo Pedersoli
  • Starred in a number of “Spaghetti westerns”
  • Also a professional swimmer

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What they are saying

“My father died peacefully and did not suffer from pain, he had all of us next to him and his last words were ‘Thank you’,” – son and film producer Giuseppe Pedersoli.