Deaths in...
968 Notable deaths
in Paris
Jean Françaix
French composer and pianist.
Born May 23rd, 1912 in Le Mans. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1997 at 85 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ruth Fischer
German activist (1895–1961).
Born December 11th, 1895 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1961 at 65 years old in Paris (disease).
Unica Zürn
German writer and painter (1916-1970).
Born July 6th, 1916 in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1970 at 54 years old in Paris (suicide by jumping from height). [ref]
Jean Hyppolite
French philosopher (1907–1968).
Born January 8th, 1907 in Jonzac.
Died October 26th, 1968 at 61 years old in Paris.
Émile Benveniste
French linguist (1902-1976).
Born May 27th, 1902 in Aleppo. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1976 at 74 years old in Paris. [ref]
Serge Moscovici
French social psychologist (1925-2014).
Born June 14th, 1925 in Brăila. [ref]
Died November 15th, 2014 at 89 years old in Paris. [ref]
Gérard Grisey
French composer.
Born June 17th, 1946 in Belfort. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1998 at 52 years old in Paris. [ref]
Mano Solo
French singer (1963-2010).
Born April 24th, 1963 in Châlons-en-Champagne. [ref]
Died January 10th, 2010 at 46 years old in Paris (death from AIDS-related complications, aneurysm). [ref]
Andrei Sinyavsky
Russian writer, dissident, political prisoner, emigrant, professor of sorbonne university, magazine founder and publisher (1925–1997).
Born October 8th, 1925 in Moscow.
Died February 25th, 1997 at 71 years old in Paris.
Jules Romains
French writer (1885-1972).
Born August 26th, 1885 in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1972 at 86 years old in Paris. [ref]
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