Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] papparazzi
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:27:16 -0700
 
RP Johnson wrote:
> 
> OK, for the trivia inclined:  where does the term "papparazzi " come from?
> 
> And for double points:  what connection does it have with Leica?
> 
> rp johnson

Paparazzi, plural of Paparazzo, comes from the name of a character in Fellini's
La Dolce Vita. 
In the movie, Paparazzo was a photographer who would go to great lengths to take
pictures of American movie stars. He used a Leica. 
Mark Rabiner
I got this off the internet and inferred the rest.