[1] Her 2010 autobiography L'amore spezzato ("The Broken Love") details her relationship with Italian businessman Maurizio Gucci, who was murdered in 1995 while they were a couple.
[3] Franchi was a childhood friend of Italian businessman Maurizio Gucci and attended his wedding to Patrizia Reggiani in 1972.
[1][4] Both reeling from unhappy marriages, Franchi became Gucci's live-in partner for five years, sharing a luxury apartment in Corso Venezia, Milan.
The day after the murder, Franchi received an eviction order from Reggiani to move out of the luxury apartment she shared with Gucci.
Franchi is heavily involved in the charity "L’Amico Charly,” which was set up in memory of her son to help troubled or suicidal teens.