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Helmut Berger, a handsome Austrian movie star who was best known for appearing in three feature films by Italian neorealist director Luchino Visconti,

He first made his mark in “The Damned” as a character one critic said personified “the outright perversion” of Nazism. He went on to have a long career, mostly in Europe.

Austrian-born actor Helmut Berger, a European movie star in the 1960s and 1970s who rose to prominence with roles in films by Italian director Luchino Visconti, died Thursday, his agent said. He was 78. Berger died “peacefully but nevertheless unexpectedly” early Thursday in his home city of Salzburg, agent Helmut Werner wrote on his management…

Actor Helmut Berger, known for starring in films by Italian director Luchino Visconti, died Thursday in his home country of Austria at the age of 78, his agent said.

Berger died "peacefully but nevertheless unexpectedly" early Thursday in his home city of Salzburg.

Berger died "peacefully but nevertheless unexpectedly" early Thursday in his home city of Salzburg.

Berger died "peacefully but nevertheless unexpectedly" early Thursday in his home city of Salzburg.

Berger died "peacefully but nevertheless unexpectedly" early Thursday in his home city of Salzburg.

Austrian actor Helmut Berger has died at the age of 78. One of the stars of European cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, he was renowned for playing narcisisstic and sexually-ambiguous characters.

Helmut Berger, an icon of European cinema of the 1960s and 1970s, died Thursday in Salzburg. The Austrian was discovered as an actor by the legendary Italian director Luchino Visconti. His first major success was in "The Fall of the Gods" (1969), directed by his mentor, for which Berger was nominated for a Golden Globe. In his autobiography, published in 1998, the actor claims to have had sex with dozens of celebrities of the time, such as Rudolf Nureyev and Mick Jagger.