Emily in Paris assistant director dies ‘suddenly’ during filming

Local media named the man as 47-year-old Diego Borella, an assistant director on the show.

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La Repubblica named the man as 47-year-old Diego Borella, who was an assistant director on the show.

Medics were called to Hotel Danieli in the city at around 19:00 local time (18:00 BST) on Thursday, but were unable to save him, the newspaper said.

"We are deeply saddened to confirm the sudden passing of a member of the 'Emily in Paris' production family," a spokesperson from Paramount Television Studios, who produce the show for Netflix, told BBC News.

La Repubblica reports that Borella died after collapsing in front of colleagues as they were preparing to film a scene.