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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 1996.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
"The Necklace", or sometimes "The Diamond Necklace", (French: La Parure) is a short story by Guy de Maupassant, first published on 17 February 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois. [1] It is known for its twist ending , a hallmark of de Maupassant's style.
Jeanne A. Smith (1931 – November 11, 2006) was a US haematologist and an expert on sickle cell anemia. [1] She was also a former administrator at Harlem Hospital Center and helped put in place federal guidelines for testing newborns for sickle cell anemia.
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A confidence trickster who called herself Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, also known as Jeanne de la Motte, made a plan to use the necklace to gain wealth and possibly power and royal patronage. A descendant of an out-of-wedlock son of Henry II of France , Jeanne had married an officer of the gendarmes , Nicholas de la Motte , the self-proclaimed ...
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, orphaned at an early age, is determined to reclaim her noble title and the home taken from her family when she was a child.When she is rebuffed by Marie Antoinette and fails to achieve her goal through legal channels, she joins forces with the arrogant, well-connected gigolo Rétaux de Villette and her own wayward, womanizing husband Nicholas.
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Jeanne Boitel, 83, French film actress, member of French Resistance. ... Phillip Hagar Smith, 82, American electrical engineer (Smith chart). [119] 30.