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Alone and filled with dread, Jillian Broadbent says she âdared not think that this could be the endâ as she stayed with her long-term friend Carla Zampatti after the fashion designer had âcatapultedâ down the stairs at La Traviata on Sydney harbour, a fall which would ultimately claim her life six days later.
Former Wollongong University chancellor and a sitting board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Ms Broadbent gave an emotional account to Radio National on Thursday morning of her friendship with Zampatti, which had spanned many decades, and the circumstances of the fashion iconâs accident.