French mime artist Marcel Marceau dies
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Marcel Marceau, the world's best-known mime artist who for decades moved audiences across the globe without uttering a single word, has died aged 84.
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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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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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Maurice Papon, the French Nazi collaborator who died at the age of 96, became the symbol of bureaucratic inhumanity after he was convicted for helping organise the deportation of Jews during the Vichy era.
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Hundreds of mourners pay tribute to Marcel Marceau at the French mime artist's funeral in Paris.
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Igor Moiseyev, who created a new form of theatrical folk dance and whose troupe was one of the most popular dance companies of the 20th century, died today in Moscow.
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Mime icon Marcel Marceau, the world's most honored and respected practitioner of what might be America's most ridiculed art form, has died.  He was 84.  In Marceau's native France, President Nicolas Sarkozy led a chorus of mourners by saying, "Fran...
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Newspapers in France bid a sad adieu to a literary icon.
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Artist Vladimir Tretchikoff, known as the 'king of kitsch' for his bestselling prints, dies in South Africa aged 93.
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Doug Marlette, the North Carolina-born cartoonist who won a Pulitzer Prize and created the popular strip "Kudzu," was killed in a car accident Tuesday morning in Mississippi, authorities said. He was 57.
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French film star Philippe Noiret, whose trademark hangdog face delighted cinema audiences, has died, French authorities said on Thursday. He was 76.
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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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Best-selling French novelist Francoise Sagan has died in the north-western town of Honfleur aged 69. She died of heart and lung failure a few days after being admitted to a local hospital.
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French film star Philippe Noiret, whose trademark hangdog face delighted cinema audiences, has died, French authorities said on Thursday.Comment
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Prominent Haitian intellectual and politician Gerard Pierre-Charles has died of heart failure in Cuba, where he was receiving emergency treatment for a lung infection, friends and colleagues said Monday. He was 68.
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Maurice Papon, a former Cabinet minister who was convicted of complicity in crimes against humanity for his role in deporting Jews during World War II and became a symbol of France's collaboration with the Nazis, died Saturday. He was 96.
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Marcel Marceau, who revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, has died, French media reported Sunday. He was 84