MILAN — Beverly Pepper, a fixture of the Roman “Dolce Vita” and renowned American sculptor who made Italy her home and backdrop to many of her monumental steel creations, has died. Her son, John Pepper, made the announcement on Facebook, saying she died Wednesday. Beverly Pepper and her husband, the late Bill Pepper, a long-time Rome bureau chief for Newsweek, were part of Rome’s “Dolce Vita,” of the 1950s and 1960s. “The Dolce Vita wasn’t so sweet,” John Pepper told the Italian newspaper Il Foglio in a story published Friday. "It’s true, Fellini, Antonioni and Maselli came over on Sundays.

Source: International New York Times February 07, 2020 16:52 UTC