Diego Borella, assistant director of Emily in Paris, died suddenly at 47 while filming season 5 in Italy. Production briefly paused before resuming Aug. 23.

The assistant director of the popular TV Show, Emily in Paris, has died while filming the fifth series of the show in Italy. Diego Borella, who was just 47, is said to have collapsed in front of the crew while preparing to film the final scenes of the latest series.

A man working on the hit show Emily in Paris has died during filming in Venice for the fifth season. 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.