Obituary: Pierre Deny, dead at age 69
Pierre Deny, the French actor known for his role in Emily in Paris, died on May 25, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 69. Deny trained at…
Famous Dead People from France
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Thérèse Liotard has died at age 80
Thérèse Liotard, a French actress known for Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine, My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle, died on May 23, 2026. Born in Lille, Nord,…
Parviz Ghelichkhani dead at age 80
Parviz Ghelichkhani, the Iranian footballer who played for Taj and Persepolis and captained the national team, died on May 23, 2026. He was 80. Ghelichkhani was an Iranian-French player who…
Albert Wolsky dies at 95
Albert Wolsky, the French costume designer, died on May 23, 2026. He was 95. Wolsky was known for work in film and on stage, with a career that included costume…
Lucienne Hamon has died at age 95
Lucienne Hamon, a French actress known for her roles in The Lovers, Ho! and Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 95. Hamon…
Benoist Rey passed away at age 87
Benoist Rey, a French writer, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on June 2, 1938, in Paris, he was a typesetter for Marchand before serving…
Death of François Potez at age 70
François Potez, a French Roman Catholic priest, died on May 20, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. Born in 1955, he entered the École navale and graduated in 1976, then served in…
Pierre Sotura death at age 95
Pierre Sotura, a French politician and cabinetmaker, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 95. He served as mayor of L'Île-Saint-Denis from 1965 to 1971 and as a…
Ofer Bronchtein passed away at age 69
Ofer Bronchtein, a French-Israeli peace activist and diplomat, died on May 18, 2026, in Paris, France, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 69. Born in Beersheba, Israel,…
Huguette Bouchardeau passed away at age 90
Huguette Bouchardeau, French politician and minister of the environment from 1984 to 1986, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France, on June…
Gérard Revol dead at age 89
Gérard Revol, French politician and former mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze, died on May 17, 2026, aged 89. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze from 1995…
Fred Negrit died at age 76
Fred Negrit, a French educator and cultural promoter, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 76. He was known for his work promoting Indian languages and culture in…
Max Samper death at age 87
Max Samper died on May 17, 2026. He was a French footballer who played for RC Paris, Angoulême and the national team. His death was announced in obituary notices without…
Dame Felicity dies at age 79
Dame Felicity Lott, the English soprano, died on May 15, 2026, aged 79, after a reported illness with cancer. Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on May 8, 1947, she studied piano…
Jean Harlez, died aged 101
Jean Harlez, the Belgian film director, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 101. Born in Erquelinnes, Belgium, on December 31, 1924, he worked as a filmmaker from…
Sophie Garel dies at 84
Sophie Garel, the French media presenter and singer, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Lucienne Gabrielle Garcia in Oran, French Algeria, on April 22, 1942,…
Claudine Longet dies at 84
Claudine Longet, a French-American singer and actress, died on May 14, 2026, at age 84. Born Claudine Georgette Longet in Paris on January 29, 1942, she was active from 1963…
Kevin Buys, died aged 40
Kevin Buys, a South African rugby union player, died on May 13, 2026, aged 40. Born in Benoni on April 26, 1986, he began his career as a youth player…
Fleury Di Nallo dead at age 83
Fleury Di Nallo, the French footballer who played for Olympique Lyonnais, Montpellier and the national team, died on May 13, 2026, aged 83. A striker, he was one of the…
Pierre Mouallem obituary: died at age 96
Pierre Mouallem, the Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch who served as bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo from 1990 to 1998 and as archbishop of Akka from…
David Morelock dies at 94
David Morelock, an American opera director, died on May 13, 2026. Born on July 16, 1931, he was a stage director of opera whose work was closely associated with the…
Bassek Ba Kobhio dies at 69
Bassek Ba Kobhio, a Cameroonian writer and filmmaker, died on May 12, 2026, at age 69. Born in Nindjé, French Cameroon, in 1957, he worked as a film director, producer,…
Jean Bonfils has died at age 96
Jean Bonfils, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Viviers from 1992 to 1998 and bishop of Nice from 1998 to 2005, died on May 12, 2026,…
Romuald Figuier has died at age 88
Romuald Figuier, a French singer, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère, Brittany, on May 9, 1938, he was also known mononymously as…
Hélène Mignon, died aged 91
Hélène Mignon, a French politician and former member of parliament, died on May 11, 2026. She represented Haute-Garonne's 6th constituency in the National Assembly from 1988 to 1993 and again…
Didier Pillet, died aged 77
Didier Pillet, a French journalist and editor-in-chief of Ouest-France from 1991 to 2005, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Rouen on September 9, 1948,…
Anja Breien death at age 85
Anja Breien, a Norwegian film director and screenwriter, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 85. She was among the leading figures in the Norwegian film industry and…
Maurice Freund dies at age 82
Maurice Freund, a French tourism personality and entrepreneur associated with Point Air, died on May 9, 2026, at age 82. He was known for writing about his travels and sustainable…
Philippe Mpay passed away at age 86
Philippe Mpay, a Cameroonian army officer who rose to the rank of major general, died on May 9, 2026, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, at the age of 86 or 87. Born…
Raymonde Arcier death at age 86
Raymonde Arcier, a French artist and feminist activist, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Bellac on November 13, 1939, she was known for her…
Nabyl Lahlou, died aged 81
Nabyl Lahlou, a Moroccan filmmaker and playwright, died on May 7, 2026. He was 81. Born in 1945 in Fes, Morocco, Lahlou was also a theater director, author and actor.…
Pierre Chambon has died at age 95
Pierre Chambon, a French biologist and member of the French Academy of Sciences, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on February 7, 1931, in Mulhouse,…
Claude Griscelli has died at age 90
Claude Griscelli, a French doctor and immunologist who served as president of Inserm from 1996 to 2001, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Rabat…
Pierre-François Veil dies at 72
Pierre-François Veil, French lawyer and civil servant and president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah since 2023, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 72.…
Pierre Pascallon, died aged 84
Pierre Pascallon, a French politician and former deputy and mayor of Issoire, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 84. He served as a deputy in the National…
Obituary: Hermano da Silva Ramos, dead at age 100
Hermano da Silva Ramos, the French-Brazilian racing driver, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Paris on December 7, 1925, he was the son of…
André Cerdini obituary: died at age 96
André Cerdini, the French magistrate who oversaw the trial of Klaus Barbie, died on May 4, 2026. Born André Émile Cerdini on December 18, 1929, in Vals-les-Bains, France, he studied…
Claire Maurier died at age 97
Claire Maurier, the French actress known for La Cage aux Folles, Amélie and A Bad Son, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 97. Born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon in…
Jean Raquin passed away at age 90
Jean Raquin, a French politician and farmer who served as a member of the General Council of Jura from 1994 to 2015 and as its president from 2008 to 2011,…
Jean Alambre passed away at age 79
Jean Alambre, a French author and songwriter, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 79. Born Jean-Louis Fabry in Paris on May 16, 1946, he was better known…
Alain Marchadour dies at age 88
Alain Marchadour, a French Roman Catholic priest and exegetist, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on November 13, 1937, in Brittany, France, he joined the…
Michel Merlet passes away at age 86
Michel Merlet, the French composer and pedagogue, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Saint-Brieuc on May 26, 1939, he studied music at the Conservatoire…
Michel Debost obituary: died at age 92
Michel Debost, a French flutist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 92. Born in Paris on January 20, 1934, he was one of the best-known flutists of the French…
Dominique Soltner dies at 89
Dominique Soltner, the French agronomic engineer, died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 1, 1936, he wrote and published books on agronomy intended for agricultural education. In 1978, he…
Philippe Lazar has died at age 90
Philippe Lazar, French statistician and epidemiologist, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as president of Inserm from 1982 to 1996 and as president of…
Chantal Nobel, died aged 77
Chantal Nobel, the French actress known for her work in television, died on April 30, 2026, at age 77. Born Chantal Bonneau in Rouen, France, on November 23, 1948, she…
Ange Édouard Poungui, died aged 84
Ange Édouard Poungui, a Congolese politician, died on April 28, 2026, at age 84. He served as Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from August 7, 1984, to August 7, 1989, under…
Gérard Biguet died at age 79
Gérard Biguet, a French football referee, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Jarny on June 16, 1946, he served as a FIFA referee from…
Guy Leleu death at age 76
Guy Leleu, the French racing cyclist, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on February 4, 1950, in Surques, France, he rode in the 1975 Tour…
Daniel Huck dies at age 78
Daniel Huck, the French jazz reedist and singer, died on April 25, 2026, at age 78. Born in Paris on March 22, 1948, he began on trombone before abandoning it…
Christian Verrier death at age 73
Christian Verrier, a French footballer who played as a forward, died on April 25, 2026. Born on October 4, 1952, in Clion, he spent almost his entire career with Châteauroux,…
Jean-Yves Hugon death at age 76
Jean-Yves Hugon, French politician and deputy from 2002 to 2007, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Aurillac on May 16, 1949, he worked first…
Sylvana Lorenz dead at age 73
Sylvana Lorenz, French art dealer and writer, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Tunis, Tunisia, on February 14, 1953, she opened her first art…
Jean-Bernard Pommier passed away at age 81
Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Béziers, France, on August 17, 1944, he began playing the piano at…
Jean-Benoît Meybeck has died at age 53
Jean-Benoît Meybeck, a French comic book author and illustrator, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 53. Born in Grenoble on January 29, 1973, he worked as a…
Claude Bessy died at age 93
Claude Bessy, the French ballerina who served as ballet master of the Paris Opera Ballet and later directed the Paris Opera Ballet School, died on April 23, 2026, at age…
Évelyne Lenton death at age 80
Évelyne Lenton died on April 22, 2026. She was a French singer. Évelyne Lenton [it], 80, French singer. Tags Musicians, 22 April 2026, France, Lenton, 2026-04-22, April 2026, April 22,…
Daniel L’Homond dies at 71
Daniel L'Homond, the French storyteller and author, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Pau, France, on June 13, 1954, he graduated from Bordeaux Montaigne…
Obituary: Dominique Douay, dead at age 82
Dominique Douay, French science fiction author, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Romans-sur-Isère, France, on March 16, 1944, he studied law in Lyon and…
Georges Benrekassa dies at 93
Georges Benrekassa, the French historian and literary critic, died on April 19, 2026. He was 93. Born in Marseille in 1932, Benrekassa was a longtime professor at Paris Diderot University.…
Billy Knight died at age 90
Billy Knight, the British tennis player, died on April 17, 2026, aged 90. Born William Arthur Knight in Northampton, England, on 12 November 1935, he competed on the amateur tour…
Nadia Farès passes away at age 57
Nadia Farès, a French actress, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 57. Born in Marrakesh, Morocco, on December 20, 1968, she made her film debut in 1992…
Nathalie Baye, died aged 77
Nathalie Baye, the French actress known for Every Man for Himself, Strange Affair and Le Petit Lieutenant, died on April 17, 2026, at age 77. She died in Paris, France.…
Shiran Kaïdine died at age 44
Shiran Kaïdine, a French guitarist with Year of No Light and Monarch!, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 44 after cancer. He was active from 2002 to…
Obituary: Beatriz de Moura, dead at age 86
Beatriz de Moura, a Brazilian-born Spanish publisher and translator, died on April 17, 2026. She was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1939, grew up in a family of diplomats…
Jacqueline Rayet dies at 92
Jacqueline Rayet, a French ballet dancer, died on April 17, 2026, in Paris. She was 92. A native of Paris, she attended the Paris Opera Ballet School and danced with…
Obituary: Pierre Lefebvre, dead at age 87
Pierre Lefebvre, the French politician and senator from 1997 to 2001, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Escaudain on September 11, 1938, he worked…
Ivan Rebernik obituary: died at age 86
Ivan Rebernik, a Slovenian diplomat and librarian, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He served as Slovenia’s ambassador to the Vatican and as Chancellor of the…
André Bernard died at age 90
André Bernard, a French Olympic modern pentathlete, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Lille, France, on November 17, 1935, he competed in the modern…
Death of Rico Rizzitelli at age 64
Rico Rizzitelli, a French journalist, died on April 15, 2026, in Santiago, Chile, from complications from diabetes. He was 64. Rizzitelli reported for So Foot, Libération and L'Équipe, and served…
Daniel Grataloup obituary: died at age 88
Daniel Grataloup, a French-Swiss architect, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Lyon, France, on December 25, 1937, he spent much of his career in…
Jean-Pierre Escalettes dies at age 90
Jean-Pierre Escalettes, the French football administrator who served as president of the French Football Federation from 2005 to 2010, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born…
Raymond Riotte has died at age 86
Raymond Riotte, a French road racing cyclist, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Sarry, France, on February 16, 1940, he was a professional road…
Ilsetraut Hadot passed away at age 97
Ilsetraut Hadot, a French philosopher and historian, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Berlin, Germany, on December 20, 1928, she specialized in stoicism, neoplatonism,…
Bernard Eliade died at age 87
Bernard Eliade, a French writer and teacher, died on April 13, 2026, in Dijon, France. He was 87 or 88. Born in Paris in 1938, Eliade was best known for…
Death of Ian Watson at age 82
Ian Watson, the British science fiction author of The Jonah Kit, Chekhov's Journey, Queenmagic and Kingmagic, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on April 20,…
Death of May Angeli at age 88
May Angeli, a French artist and author, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Clichy, France, on August 8, 1937, she graduated from the École…
Jacques Witt died at age 67
Jacques Witt, a French journalist and photographer who worked for Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace and Sipa Press, died on April 11, 2026. He was born in Strasbourg in 1958 and attended…
Yōsuke Tamori died at age 74
Yōsuke Tamori, the Japanese mangaka and writer behind the PopoloCrois fantasy media franchise, died on April 10, 2026. PopoloCrois began as a manga series in 1977 in the Asahi Student…
Marianne Lederer dead at age 91
Marianne Lederer, a French translation scholar, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 91. She further developed the Interpretive Theory of Translation with Danica Seleskovitch, who first proposed…
Colette Khoury dies at 95
Colette Khoury, a Syrian novelist and poet, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in 1931 in Bab Tuma, Damascus, she was also a writer, academic…
Leïla Marouane has died at age 65
Leïla Marouane, a Tunisian-born French creative writer and journalist who wrote for El Watan and Jeune Afrique, died on April 8, 2026. She was 65. Born Leyla Zineb Mechentel in…
Roger Establet dead at age 87
Roger Establet, the French educational sociologist, died on April 8, 2026, aged 87 or 88. Born in 1938, he was a scholar of the sociology of education and an emeritus…
Muguette Dini passes away at age 86
Muguette Dini, a French politician, died on April 7, 2026. Muguette Dini, 86, French politician. Tags Politicians, 07 April 2026, Dini, France, Muguette, 2026-04-07, April 2026, April 7
Francesco Zani passed away at age 87
Francesco Zani, an Italian rugby union player, died on April 5, 2026, at the age of 87. Known as Francesco "Franco" Zani, he played as a lock and spent time…
Obituary: Jacques-Armand Cardon, dead at age 89
Jacques-Armand Cardon, the French cartoonist and illustrator, died on April 5, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Le Havre on November 30, 1936, he spent his youth in…
Paul Orsatti, died aged 84
Paul Orsatti, the French footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper and coached Gazélec Ajaccio, died on April 4, 2026, at the age of 84. Orsatti played professionally from…
Louis Besson dies at 88
Louis Besson, the French politician and member of the Socialist Party, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 88. He was a leading figure in French housing policy…
Jean-Claude Lozac’hmeur death at age 85
Jean-Claude Lozac'hmeur died on April 2, 2026. He was a French linguist, historian, and academic. His work in those fields formed the basis of his professional life. Jean-Claude Lozac'hmeur, 85,…
Obituary: Jean-Michel Tesu, dead at age 88
Jean-Michel Tesu died on April 1, 2026. He was a French politician who served as a deputy from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993. Jean-Michel Tesu, 88,…
Jean-Michel Testu has died at age 88
Jean-Michel Testu, a French politician and teacher who served as a deputy from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993, died on April 1, 2026, at the age…
Lili Hinstin, died aged 48
Lili Hinstin, French film producer and artistic director, died on March 31, 2026, at the age of 48. Born in France on July 10, 1977, she studied at the universities…
Joël Henry dead at age 63
Joël Henry, the French footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, died on March 28, 2026. He made 345 appearances and scored 51 goals in Ligue 1 between 1978 and…
Jean-Pierre Faye, died aged 100
Jean-Pierre Faye, the French philosopher and writer known for his work on horseshoe theory, died on March 26, 2026. He was 100. Born in Paris on July 19, 1925, Faye…
Jean Sagols death at age 87
Jean Sagols, the French actor, screenwriter and television director, died on March 26, 2026, of a cerebral haemorrhage. He was 87. Born in 1938, he worked in film and television…
Loana Petrucciani, died aged 48
Loana Petrucciani, a French reality television personality known for her work on the television series Loft Story, died on March 24, 2026. She was 48. Petrucciani was born on 30…
François Morlaes has died at age 82
François Morlaes, a French rugby union player who played as a scrum-half, died on March 23, 2026. Born in Pau, German-occupied France, on October 6, 1943, he won the 1968–69…
Lionel Jospin has died at age 88
Lionel Jospin, the French politician who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2002, died on March 22, 2026, at age 88 from complications from surgery. He was minister of…