Hussey was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. She underwent a double mastectomy as a result. In 2017, her cancer returned, and Hussey had to undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment to remove a tumor that was located between her heart and lungs, according to The Independent.

Olivia Hussey Eisley, star of the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” and the slasher classic “Black Christmas,” has died, according to a post on her Instagram page. She was 73.

Olivia Hussey, who rose to fame in the 1960s as a teenage Juliet and starred as a scream queen in the iconic ’70s horror film “ Black Christmas ,” has died. The actor was 73. Hussey’s death was announced Friday night in a post from her Instagram account.