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Jean-Patrick Manchette

French writer (1942-1995).

Born December 19th, 1942 in Marseille.

Died June 3rd, 1995 at 52 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris (pancreatic cancer).

Occupations
comics artist, comics writer, diarist, film critic, journalist, literary critic, publisher, screenwriter, translator, writer

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs