The film world is still reeling from the recent loss of actor Rick Dalton, whose passing was first announced on May 19th, 2023 by The Video Archives Podcast's official Twitter account. Dalton, who passed away at his Honolulu, Hawaii home (shortly after celebrating his 90th birthday in April), is survived by his wife, one-time Italian starlet Francesca Cappucci.
The Video Archives Podcast, created and hosted by filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary, aired an episode on May 22nd that is apparently part one of a multi-episode run that revolves around the directors' memories of Dalton and his work.
While other friends and fans of the actor such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt have yet to make any official statements or remembrances, Tarantino has made sure that Dalton's name isn't fading into the ether like so many stars of yesteryear. The "Pulp Fiction" director made sure to include a tribute to...
The Video Archives Podcast, created and hosted by filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary, aired an episode on May 22nd that is apparently part one of a multi-episode run that revolves around the directors' memories of Dalton and his work.
While other friends and fans of the actor such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt have yet to make any official statements or remembrances, Tarantino has made sure that Dalton's name isn't fading into the ether like so many stars of yesteryear. The "Pulp Fiction" director made sure to include a tribute to...
- 5/24/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Entertainment reporter Francesca Cappucci died on March 30 in Pasadena, after a nine-month battle with stage four metastatic lung cancer. She was 64.
Known for her entertainment and music reporting at Kabc-tv in Los Angeles, Cappucci’s death was announced on Legacy.com. The reporter also inspired filmmaker Quentin Tarantino to name a “Once Upon a Time In Hollywood” character, the Italian movie star wife of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton, after her.
Cappucci began her career in public affairs, making public service announcements for the Kiqq radio station (K-100). Eventually, she joined Jay Coffey for Kiqq’s morning drive show, and throughout her time, Cappucci gained fans all over Los Angeles.
Following her time at Kiqq, she then worked at Kabc Chanel 7 Eyewitness News for ten years, where she covered entertainment and the arts, interviewing several music legends, including Rod Stewart, David Bowie and Michael Jackson. While she served as a reporter,...
Known for her entertainment and music reporting at Kabc-tv in Los Angeles, Cappucci’s death was announced on Legacy.com. The reporter also inspired filmmaker Quentin Tarantino to name a “Once Upon a Time In Hollywood” character, the Italian movie star wife of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton, after her.
Cappucci began her career in public affairs, making public service announcements for the Kiqq radio station (K-100). Eventually, she joined Jay Coffey for Kiqq’s morning drive show, and throughout her time, Cappucci gained fans all over Los Angeles.
Following her time at Kiqq, she then worked at Kabc Chanel 7 Eyewitness News for ten years, where she covered entertainment and the arts, interviewing several music legends, including Rod Stewart, David Bowie and Michael Jackson. While she served as a reporter,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Francesca Cappucci, a former Los Angeles music and entertainment reporter for Kabc-tv and a popular morning drive radio host at Kiqq, died of cancer March 30. She was 64.
Her death was announced today by her family.
Born in Los Angeles on June 29, 1958, Cappucci began her broadcasting career at Kiqq making public service announcements before teaming up with radio host Jay Coffey for a popular morning drive show.
She joined Kabc Channel 7 Eyewitness News for a 10-year stint in 1995. During her tenure with Kabc Cappucci interviewed such music celebrities as, among many others, Rod Stewart, David Bowie, and Michael Jackson.
Cappucci’s popularity in Los Angeles was such that she was recruited to portray reporters in one-off episodes of The Colbys, Columbo, 7th Heaven, The Practice and Charmed, and in the 1997 film Beverly Hills Ninja.
Cappucci is survived by sons Ian and Will; brother Rafael; sister Isabella; and other extended family.
Her death was announced today by her family.
Born in Los Angeles on June 29, 1958, Cappucci began her broadcasting career at Kiqq making public service announcements before teaming up with radio host Jay Coffey for a popular morning drive show.
She joined Kabc Channel 7 Eyewitness News for a 10-year stint in 1995. During her tenure with Kabc Cappucci interviewed such music celebrities as, among many others, Rod Stewart, David Bowie, and Michael Jackson.
Cappucci’s popularity in Los Angeles was such that she was recruited to portray reporters in one-off episodes of The Colbys, Columbo, 7th Heaven, The Practice and Charmed, and in the 1997 film Beverly Hills Ninja.
Cappucci is survived by sons Ian and Will; brother Rafael; sister Isabella; and other extended family.
- 4/7/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Francesca Cappucci, who spent more than a decade as a popular entertainment and music reporter at Kabc-tv in Los Angeles, has died. She was 64.
Cappucci died March 30 at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena after being diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic lung cancer in July, her older son, Ian Lyndon, told The Hollywood Reporter. She never smoked and “was an advocate for wellness and ran and exercised every day, that’s why [her illness] was such a shock,” he said.
Out of the blue, Quentin Tarantino named the glamorous Italian movie star wife of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton after her in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
Cappucci and the filmmaker never met, Ian said, and she was “blown away” when she and his brother, Will, saw the movie on the big screen for the first time. (The character was played by Chilean actress Lorenza Izzo.)
Cappucci covered show business for the ABC-owned station...
Cappucci died March 30 at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena after being diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic lung cancer in July, her older son, Ian Lyndon, told The Hollywood Reporter. She never smoked and “was an advocate for wellness and ran and exercised every day, that’s why [her illness] was such a shock,” he said.
Out of the blue, Quentin Tarantino named the glamorous Italian movie star wife of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton after her in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
Cappucci and the filmmaker never met, Ian said, and she was “blown away” when she and his brother, Will, saw the movie on the big screen for the first time. (The character was played by Chilean actress Lorenza Izzo.)
Cappucci covered show business for the ABC-owned station...
- 4/7/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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