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Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893–1945), author of Gilles and The Fire Within; Louis Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961), author of Journey to the End of the Night and Death on the Installment Plan or Mort à Crédit; Rose Celli (1895–1982) Henri de Montherlant (1895–1972) Jean Giono (1895–1970)
Véronique Delphine Delamare (born Couturier; 17 February 1822 – 8 March 1848) [1] was a French housewife who took numerous lovers and later committed suicide. She was said to have been the inspiration for Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary.
Michael Corcoran, 68, American journalist and author. [5] Fausto Bordalo Dias, 75, Portuguese composer and singer. [6] Jacques Freitag, 42, South African Olympic high jumper , shot. [7] (body discovered on this date) Glen Gondo, 75, American businessman and restauranteur, founder of the Japan Festival. [8]
Perry's mother Maxine died in 2009; the filmmaker dedicated a 2023 documentary on his upbringing and career to his mother, titled Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, and was moved to tears when ...
Louis Mermaz, 92, French politician, president of the National Assembly (1981–1986), minister of agriculture (1990–1992) and twice of transport. [ 380 ] Kevin Parsons , 62–63, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (2008–2021) and mayor of Flatrock (2005–2008).
Maxie Solters, a third-generation entertainment publicist who followed her father and grandfather into the family business, died Thursday in Los Angeles.
French artist Ben Vautier, 88, died by suicide at his home in Nice just hours after the death of his wife Annie, 85, his family said on Wednesday. “Unwilling and unable to live without her, Ben ...
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.