Enzo Cerusico Death
Enzo passed away on July 1, 1991 at the age of 53 in Rome, Italy. Enzo's cause of death was spinal cord cancer.
When did Enzo Cerusico die?
July 1, 1991How did Enzo Cerusico die? What was the cause of death?
Spinal cord cancerHow old was Enzo Cerusico when died?
53Where did Enzo Cerusico die? What was the location of death?
Rome, Italy
Enzo Cerusico Birthday and Date of Death
Enzo Cerusico was born on October 22, 1937 and died on July 1, 1991. Enzo was 53 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: October 22, 1937
Date of Death: July 1, 1991
Age at Death: 53
Enzo Cerusico - Biography
Enzo Cerusico (22 October 1937 – 1 July 1991) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 55 films between 1951 and 1984. Cerusico's first role on American television was in a 1966 episode of I Spy filmed in Rome. Producer Sheldon Leonard held a casting call for an English-speaking actor to play the kid brother of the female Italian guest star. Cerusico spoke no English but with a friend's help he memorized one line — "I studied English in the school since four years" — and managed to bluff his way into an interview with Leonard.
Cerusico's family had hoped he would follow tradition and become a physician. But during his teen years, Cerusico realized he wouldn't be a good doctor and decided he "didn't want to be one among many, a mediocre."
Cerusico was married to Tiziana, an Italian journalist. While living in Los Angeles during filming of My Friend Tony, Enzo and Tiziana learned English by reading Ernest Hemingway's short stories and watching Walter Cronkite's evening newscasts. The couple used an audio tape recorder to record the CBS Evening News each night and replayed the tape three times, Enzo said: "First for the separate words, then for the sentences and finally to find out what the news was."
Publicity materials in 1969 for My Friend Tony gave the 32-year-old Cerusico's age as 25.
