Georges Pompidou's widow dies at 94
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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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Yasser Arafat, symbol of Palestinian nationhood for four decades, dies in a French hospital aged 75.
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AVIGNON, France, Oct 17  - Pierre Salinger, who served as press secretary to two US presidents, has died of a heart attack near his home in southern France, and is to be buried in his native United States, his French wife said early Sunday.
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Laura Archera Huxley, the widow of "Brave New World" author Aldous Huxley, who worked to preserve his legacy for nearly half a century after his death while authoring her own books, has died. She was 96.
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World-renowned thinker Jacques Derrida, a charismatic philosopher who founded the school known as deconstructionism, has died, the French president&#39;s office said Saturday.
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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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The legendary Russian prima ballerina Natalia Bessmertnova has died aged 66 after a long illness, the Bolshoi theatre where she made a brilliant career during the Soviet era announced on Tuesday.
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Francoise Sagan, the French novelist who penned &quot;Bonjour Tristesse&quot;, an anthem to disillusioned youth that became one of the best-known books of the 20th century, died aged 69, family friends said.
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A 69-year-old woman who disappeared along with her Alzheimer's-stricken husband nearly three months ago died of a gunshot wound, according to preliminary autopsy results.
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Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, right, embraces Suzy Castor, widow of Prominent Haitian intellectual and politician Gerard Pierre-Charles, during his funeral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Oct.16,2004.
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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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British jazz singer and author George  Melly died on Thursday at the age of 80, his wife Diana said in  a statement.
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PARIS (France): French philosopher Jacques Derrida has died of cancer at the age of 74 on Saturday, said sources. Jacques Derrida, the founder of the school of deconstructionism, has died of cancer at the age of 74, France Info radio said on Saturday.
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PARIS - World-renowned thinker Jacques Derrida, a charismatic philosopher who founded the school known as deconstructionism, has died, the French president&#39;s office said Saturday.
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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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Pierre Salinger, who served as press secretary to two US presidents, has died of a heart attack near his home in southern France, and is to be buried in his native United States, his French wife said.
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French author Julien Gracq, one of the last links with the pre-World War II Surrealist movement, has died at the age of 97, his family said Sunday.