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Farina Sergio (b. 1926-09-08 / d. 2012-07-03) alias Sergio Pininfarina
He was an Italian automobile designer and Senator for life. In 1965 it was Sergio Pininfarina who personally persuaded Enzo Ferrari to adopt a "mid-engined" engine configuration for a new line of road cars, with the engine positioned behind the driver, but ahead of the rear wheels. The resulting Ferrari Dino Berlinette Speciale was presented at the Paris Motor Show in October, although it would be another two years before the cars were offered for sale. After his father's death in 1966, Pininfarina became chairman of the company. In 2006 Sergio and his son Andrea, who died in 2008 were named Honorary Chairmen of Pininfarina,
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Born 1933-02-17. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Age
Lucienne Moreau was a French actress. She was best known for her appearances on Groland and Le Petit Journal on Canal+.
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Born 1928-01-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
She was a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960) (which she shared with Melina Mercouri for her role in Never on Sunday), the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for Viva Maria! (1965), and the César Award for Best Actress for The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1992). She was also the recipient of several lifetime awards, including a BAFTA Fellowship in 1996, Cannes Golden Palm in 2003 and César Award in 2008.
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Born 1928-05-12. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
She was a French-Armenian actress. She was the wife of actor Jean Bouise. Her filmography includes films by Jeanne Moreau, Claude Chabrol, Claude Lelouch, Luc Besson, Jean-Luc Godard, Henri Verneuil, Bertrand Tavernier, Robert Kechichian and Krzysztof Kieślowski.
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Born 1922-01-24. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He was a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter. He has also played secondary roles in films and has been a member of the Académie Goncourt from 1983 until his death. He was born in Compiègne, Oise. As an actor in a small role Boulanger is famous as the neighbor of Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Léaud in François Truffauts Bed and Board. When Léaud throws down Claude Jade's coat and purse the stairs, Claude Jade crossing Boulanger and his wife (Silvana Blasi). Boulanger and Blasi help her get into the coat. Here Jade and Léaud are playing a copy of Boulanger and his wife, who says now to Boulanger: "You see, dear. They're truly in love, now." He also played one of the men that Jeanne Moreau was chasing in La Mariée était en noir. He was Delvaux, the shooter.
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Born 1927-05-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was Jeanne Moreau's first husband from 1949 to 1951.
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Born 1930-03-13. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer
He was a French film and television actor and agent. He was a close friend of François Truffaut. He played the murdered husband of Jeanne Moreau in The Bride Wore Black and the unknown man who declares his love for Claude Jade at the end of Stolen Kisses. He married Marie Dubois in 1961 and they remained together until his death by cancer at the age of 77.
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Born 1928-06-05. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:AIDS
He was married to the actress Vanessa Redgrave between 1962 and 1967 (he left her for actress Jeanne Moreau) and had two daughters with Redgrave, Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson, both actresses.
Richardson was bisexual, but he never acknowledged it publicly until after he acquired AIDS. He died of complications from AIDS at age 63 in 1991.
His last films were The Phantom of the Opera (1990) and
Blue Sky (1994).
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Born 1928-00-00. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Suicide
Born in Lille, he was a member of the group Les Capenoules.
His best known song is undoubtedly Quand la mer monte, written by his friend Jean-Claude Darnal. He also sang the P'tit quinquin.
He hanged himself on a beam of a house under construction in front of the sea at Cap Gris Nez.
The song Quand la mer monte is featured in the movie by Yolande Moreau with the same title.