Paolo Rossi Dies the Same Day Rose Island Comes Out on Netflix?

Paolo Rossi: Italy's 1982 World Cup hero dies aged 64

I couldn't believe that one of my favourite footballers died the same day the Italian movie 'Rose Island' hit Netflix.

I wrote about Paolo Rossi in this 2012 post -

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And I wrote about 'Rose Island' in this recent post -

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And depending on which source you believe, me and Paolo even shared the same birth-date of September 23rd:-)

According to Wikipedia Rossi died from lung cancer.

I couldn't help thinking that Elio Germano who plays Giorgio Rosa in 'Rose Island' looks a lot like Paolo Rossi  did in 1982 to me.

Life is stranger than fiction, as they say?