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April 19, 2024

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Forneri
Hervé (alias: Dick Rivers). 2019-04-24

74

Born 1945-04-24. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer

Hervé Forneri, known professionally as Dick Rivers, was a French singer and actor who began performing in the early 1960s. He was an important figure in introducing rock and roll music in France. He was an admirer of Elvis Presley, who influenced both his singing and looks. His stage name came from the character, Deke Rivers, that Presley played in his second film, Loving You (1957). He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 2019, from cancer, on his 74th birthday.

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Michel
Henri Louis. 2018-04-24

70

Born 1947-10-28. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Cancer

Henri Louis Michel was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the world. He coached France at the 1986 World Cup, where they reached the semi-final, eventually managing a third–place finish; he also helped the Olympic squad win a gold medal in the 1984 edition of the tournament.

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Tarallo
André. 2018-04-24

91

Born 1927-04-05. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

André Tarallo , commonly known as Monsieur Africa, was a French businessman who worked as the top manager of African affairs for French petroleum company Elf Aquitaine from the late 1970s until his arrest in the 1990s for embezzlement.

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Donald Walter (alias: Don Gordon). 2017-04-24

90

Born 1926-11-13. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

He was an American film and television actor, who was sometimes billed as Donald Gordon. His most notable film roles were those in which he appeared alongside his friend Steve McQueen: Bullitt (1968), Papillon (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974). Between the first and the last of those films he appeared in The Gamblers (1970), WUSA (1970), Cannon for Cordoba (1970), The Last Movie (1971), Z.P.G. (1972), Fuzz (1972), Slaughter (1972), The Mack (1973), and The Education of Sonny Carson (1974).

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Lang
Michel. 2014-04-24

74

Born 1939-06-09. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

He was a French film and television director, best remembered for his comedy films in the late 1970s and 1980s (A nous les petites anglaises). After 1990, he directed predominantly for French television.

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Portas
Miguel. 2012-04-24

53

Born 1958-05-01. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

He was a Portuguese politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the Left Bloc, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. He was a member of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament and a member of the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries. He died of lung cancer in April 2012. The disease was diagnosed in 2010.

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Pisier
Marie-France. 2011-04-24

66

Born 1944-05-10. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Accident

She died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, Var. She was found dead in her swimming pool and is believed to have drowned.

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Guedj
Denis. 2010-04-24

70

Born 1940-00-00. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Unknown

He was a French novelist and a professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He has spent many years devising courses and games to teach adults and children math. He is the author of Numbers: The Universal Language and of the novel The Parrot's Theorem.

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Hadot
Pierre. 2010-04-24

88

Born 1922-02-21. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Age

He was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy specializing in ancient philosophy, particularly Neoplatonism.

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Haller
Bernard. 2009-04-24

75

Born 1933-12-05. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Infection (Lungs)

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Weizman
Ezer. 2005-04-24

80

Born 1924-06-15. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Infection (Lungs)

Ezer Weizman was born in Tel Aviv on June 15, 1924. His father, Yechiel, was an agronomist. He grew up in Haifa, and attended Reali High School. He married Reuma Schwartz, and they had two children, Shaul and Michal. Shaul was badly injured by a sniper's bullet at the Suez Canal during the War of Attrition. In 1991, he and his wife Rachel were killed in a car accident. Weizman's sister, Yael, died in 2006. Weizman was a nephew of Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann. He died of respiratory failure at his home in Caesarea.

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Damiani
Joseph (alias: José Giovanni). 2004-04-24

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Born 1923-06-22. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Stroke

Sentenced to death in 1948. Commuted to 20 years by V. Auriol. Secretly, Giovanni's father did everything he could to save the life of his son.

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Laporte
Roger. 2001-04-24

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Born 1925-07-20. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

The modern French author and critic Roger Laporte has conducted a lifelong exploration of the stakes of writing and produced a body of work on the borderline between literature and philosophy.

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Fleutiaux
Brice. 2001-04-24

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Born 1967-11-23. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Suicide

He was an independant journalist and photographer. He had been kidnapped in tchetchenia and kept as an hostage from 10 October, 1999 through 6 June, 2000. He wrote his autobiography before commiting suicide.

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Delbat
Germaine. 1988-04-24

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Born 1904-03-26. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

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Carpentier
Alejo. 1980-04-24

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Born 1904-12-26. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Cancer

Carpentier died in Paris. He was struggling with cancer as he completed his final novel.

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Abbott
William (alias: Bud Abbott). 1974-04-24

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Born 1895-10-02. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

He was an American actor, producer and comedian born in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.
Bud Abbott suffered from epilepsy and died of cancer at the age of 78.

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Fusier-Gir
Jeanne. 1973-04-24

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Born 1885-04-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Jeanne Fusier-Gir was a French stage and film actress. She was married to the painter Charles Gir, and was the mother of the film director François Gir. She was Victorine the bonne in Marie-Octobre.

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Montagnon
Yvette (alias: Ida Presti). 1967-04-24

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Born 1924-05-31. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

Lagoya's girlfriend and a great guitar player.

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Rémy
Caroline (alias: Séverine). 1929-04-24

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Born 1855-04-27. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Age

A staunch leftist, Rémy backed some of the anarchist causes including the defense of Germaine Berton and participated in the 1927 efforts to save Sacco and Vanzetti. She supported the Russian Revolution of 1917 and in 1921 she joined the French Communist Party; however, only a few years later, she quit the party in order to maintain her membership in the Ligue des droits de l'homme.

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