French author Robbe-Grillet dies
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Alain Robbe-Grillet, an avant-garde author who dispensed with conventional storytelling as a pioneer of the postwar "new novel" movement in France, died Monday. He was 85.
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French author Francoise Sagan, who shot  to fame with her first novel "Bonjour Tristesse" at the age of  18 and courted controversy throughout her life, died on Friday,  a hospital spokesman said. Sagan, who was 69, was an icon of  1950s intellectuals and lived the Bohemian lifestyle she  portrayed in her writing. She was a longstanding friend of late  President Francois Mitterrand and was convicted of taking drugs  and for tax evasion.
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French author Francoise Sagan, who shot to fame with her first novel "Bonjour Tristesse" at the age of 18 and courted controversy throughout her life, died on Friday, a hospital spokesman said.
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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 author Francoise Sagan, who shot to fame with her first novel "Bonjour Tristesse" at the age of 18, died Friday, a hospital spokesman said. Sagan, who was 69, courted controversy throughout her life and lived the Bohemian lifestyle she portrayed in her writing. She was a longstanding friend of late President Francois Mitterrand and was convicted of taking drugs and for tax fraud.
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French author Francoise Sagan, who shot  to fame with her first novel "Bonjour Tristesse" at the age of  18, died on Friday, a hospital spokesman said. Sagan, who was  69, courted controversy throughout her life and lived the  Bohemian lifestyle she portrayed in her writing. She was a  longstanding friend of late President Francois Mitterrand and  was convicted of taking drugs and for tax fraud.
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Edward Behr, a noted British foreign correspondent and writer who penned books on history, good eating and his career as a journalist, has died in Paris, his family said Sunday. He was 81.
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Francoise Sagan, author of the best-selling novel "Bonjour Tristesse," died Sept. 24 of heart and lung failure in Normandy, France. She was 69.
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French film director Philippe de Broca, who made his name in the 1960s with comedies starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, has died at the age of 71 from cancer.
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World renowned thinker Jacques Derrida, a founder of the school of philosophy known as deconstructionism, has died, the office of French President Jacques Chirac said Saturday.
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Henri Troyat, one of the great figures of  modern French literature and one of France's most popular  biographers, has died at the age of 95, the Academie Francaise  said on Monday.
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Russian-born writer Henri Troyat, who moved to France as a child and became one of the most prolific, popular and respected writers of his adopted country, has died, a fellow writer said. He was 95.
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Raymond Barre, who was French prime minister for five years from 1976-81, has died in Paris, aged 83.
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French author Francoise Sagan, who shot to fame with her first novel &quot;Bonjour Tristesse&quot; at the age of 18, died on Friday, a hospital spokesman said.
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One of France&#39;s most famous Bohemian writers, Francoise Sagan, has died at the age of 69. Sagan was catapulted into the limelight in 1954, when she was 18, with her first novel Bonjour Tristesse (Hello Sadness).
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Former first lady Claude Pompidou, the widow of President Georges Pompidou, died Tuesday in Paris, her foundation said. She was 94.
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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.