Espele Recalled that His Wife Was a Woman

 45 Years Ago Today

Friday 3rd of June 1977
Film director Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rosselini dies of a heart attack at the age of 71 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

He is survived by his wife, Maria; four sons: Antonio and Luka and their nine sons; and three daughters. Alfredo is survived by his wife and six grandchildren. Roberto Gastone
Italian Film Director Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rosselini
"They said something along the lines of, 'You should call this a friend... you are a friend,'" said Diego Espele, a friend, who was born shortly after to Italian-American and Italian-American immigrants in Chicago, Illinois. Espele recalled that his wife was a woman of the Italian and European, and they were living in St. Joseph, Wisconsin, from 1946 to 1952. He said that in the 1920s he joined a company working on the film "Don Giovanni" that employed an Italian actor, and that he worked with "Mr. and Mrs. Guevara" in Italy. "Roberto wrote and directed," said Espele, in an interview with The Chicago Tribune. He said that two things have happened since then that have changed his life: he has worked with many Italians, and his work now is more direct than ever, and that he is doing so well that he is doing all kinds of creative things on a screen at home."