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Meyssonier Fernand (b. 1931-06-14 / d. 2008-08-08)
He was an executioner in the last years of French Algeria. He acted as an executioner from 1947 to 1961 and executed more than 200. He inherited the job of executioner from his father Maurice Meyssonnier in 1947 when he ended compulsory education. His ancestors had been executioners from ages ago. When Algeria became independent from France in 1961, the guillotine was replaced by execution by firing squad.
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Born 1925-11-27. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
Claude Lanzmann was a French filmmaker known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah (1985). He died at his Paris home, after having been ill for several days.
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Born 1927-05-04. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
Fond of travelling, he was a chronicler on the television channel "Voyage" from 1997 to his death.
He died in June 21, 2006, aged 79, in Paris, the city that he had celebrated in his song Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille.
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Born 1908-01-09. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Pneumonia
She was bisexual and had an affair with her adoptive daughter.
She had shared the life of Claude Lanzmann for 6 years.