French actor Philippe Noiret dies
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French actor Philippe Noiret, best-known for his role in Cinema Paradiso, dies in France at the age of 76.
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French film star Philippe Noiret, whose  trademark hangdog face delighted cinema audiences, has died,  French television said on Thursday. He was 76.
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Jacques Martin, the French television personality once married to now-first lady Cecilia Sarkozy, died Friday. He was 74.
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The world's best-known mime artist, Marcel Marceau, has died, France Info radio said on Sunday, saying his family had informed it of his death.
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Maurice Papon, the only French Nazi official to be convicted for his role in the deportation of Jews during World War Two, has died at the age of 96, police sources said on Saturday.
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Writer Henri Troyat, who fled Russia's revolution as a child and went on to become one of France's most prolific, popular and respected authors, has died, the Academie Francaise said Monday. He was 95.
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Raymond Barre, a tough-speaking former French prime minister and economist who refused to bow to protesters or political alliances, has died, his family said Saturday. He was 83.
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Former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre, an economist who also served as a European commissioner, died on Saturday, his family said. He was 83.
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy leads the tributes to mime artist Marcel Marceau, who has died aged 84.
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Top French coiffeur Alexandre de Paris, who styled the hair of Elizabeth Taylor and many other stars, dies at 85.
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Marcel Marceau, 84, the world's greatest mime, who single-handedly revived the ancient art with his eloquent but wordless interpretations of complex emotions, died quietly in Paris on Sept. 22. No cause of death was reported.
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Yasser Arafat, the guerrilla icon turned  Nobel Peace prize winner who ended up isolated and locked in  renewed conflict with Israel, died in France on Thursday, his  dream of a Palestinian state unfulfilled. He was 75.
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Robert Parisien, an FBI agent who planted the bugs that yielded the first recording of a Mafia induction ceremony, has died while scuba diving. He was 56.
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New French actor Philippe Noiret, famous for his roles in 'Cinema Paradiso' and 'Il Postino', breathed his last in Paris on Thursday at the age of 76 years, the French culture ministry said.Comment
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Playwright Arthur Miller, famous for The Crucible and Death of a Salesman, dies  aged 89.
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The French mime artist Marcel Marceau has died at the age of 83, one of his children told AFP on Sunday.
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South African playwright Gibson Kente, who announced last year he was HIV positive, dies aged 72.