World-renowned French philosopher Jacques Derrida dead at 74
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Derrida was known as the father of deconstructionism, a branch of critical thought or analysis developed in the late 1960s and applied to literature, linguistics, philosophy, law and architecture.
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The death of one of the greatest figures in modern French literature, Henri Troyat, is announced in Paris.
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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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Susan Sontag, an intellectual and human rights activist who wrote on subjects as diverse as photography, philosophy and AIDS, died today in New York City.
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced transcendental meditation to the West, died at his Dutch home overnight, a spokesman said on Wednesday. He was said to be 91.
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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. Derrida was 74.
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The French post-modernist sociologist and philosopher, Jean Baudrillard, dies in Paris aged 77.
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Former Prime Minister Raymond Barre, one of France's most prominent centrist politicians, has died, his family said Saturday. He was 83.
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Ernst Mayr, one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists, has died at 100.
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Alain Robbe-Grillet, an author and filmmaker who was one of Franceâs most important avant-garde writers in the 1950s, died on Monday. He was 85. He died at a hospital in western France where he had been admitted over the weekend for cardiac problems, o...
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Former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre, who helped set Europe on its road to a single currency, died on Saturday. He was 83.
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The colourful life of French mercenary Bob Denard, who died on 14 October at the age of 78.
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Philosopher Jacques Derrida, founder of deconstructionism, has died aged 74 of pancreatic cancer. Deconstructionism is a kind of critical thinking or mode of analysis.
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French philosopher 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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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 philosopher Jean Baudrillard, whose provocative, paradoxical style was reflected in the title of his 1991 work "The Gulf War did not take place", has died, his publisher Galilee said on Wednesday. He was 77.
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Susan Sontag, the writer and activist whose powerful intellect helped shape modern American thinking for nearly half a century, died yesterday at the age of 71.