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The state funerals (obsèques nationales) are awarded by decree of the President of the French Republic to especially eminent Frenchmen and women. It was held for: Victor Hugo (1885) Funeral of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil in Paris depicted on the cover of Le Petit Journal (by Hans Meyer).
Lucile Randon DC (French: [ly.sil ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃]; 11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023), also known as Sister André (French: Sœur André), was a French supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 118 years, 48 weeks, 4 days, was the world's oldest verified living person following the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022.
There it lay in state until the President's state funeral on 16 June 2009. [11] Also on hand were Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac — the current and former French presidents and the only Western heads of state to attend. The pair arrived in a stretch limousine and were quickly escorted inside the palace as a group of people outside yelled ...
ARRAS, France (AP) — Loved ones and colleagues mourned and celebrated the life of a French-language teacher who was stabbed to death in a school attack blamed on a suspected Islamic extremist ...
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Victor Edwin French (December 4, 1934 – June 15, 1989) was an American actor and director. [1] He is remembered for roles on the television programs Gunsmoke , Little House on the Prairie , Highway to Heaven , and Carter Country .
Their obituary appeared in the Bulletin of Volcanology. [1] Since their deaths, their work has been featured in two documentary films by Werner Herzog , Into the Inferno (2016) and The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022), and a further film, Fire of Love (2022), depicted their lives, relationship and careers using their ...
Grégoire Lassalle, 68, French entertainer, businessman and film producer (Crash Test Aglaé, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir). [16] Francis Mer, 84, French economist, minister of finance (2002–2004). [17] Claude Michely, 64, Luxembourgish racing cyclist, heart attack. [18] Eddy Monsels, 75, Surinamese Olympic sprinter . [19]