In 2024, the Russian dissident Alexeï Navalny, the singer Liam Payne, the actress Maggie Smith, the actor and director Michel Blanc, the writer Paul Auster and the producer and musician Quincy Jones notably disappeared. A look back at the main personalities who died this year.
JANUARY
04: David Soul, 89, British-American actor, known for his role as police officer “Hutch” in the television series Starsky and Hutch.
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04: Glynis Johns100, American actress known for her role as Mrs. Winifred Banks in the 1964 film Mary Poppins.
05: Mario Zagallo92 years old, Brazilian international footballer then coach, he remains the only quadruple world champion among men.
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07: Franz Beckenbauer, 78 years old, German footballer and coach.
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29: Sandra Milo90, Italian actress and Fellini muse.
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FEBRUARY
03: Victor-EmmanuelDuke of Savoy and Prince of Naples, 86 years old, son of the last king of Italy Umberto II.
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04: Hage Geingob82 years old, Prime Minister of Namibia (1990-2002 then 2012-2015) then president (2015-2024), ardent opponent of apartheid.
05: Jean Malaurie 101 years old, French ethnologist and tireless defender of the Great North.
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09: Robert Badinter95 years old, lawyer and former Minister of Justice, father of the abolition of the death penalty in France.
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16: Alexei Navalny47 years old, main opponent of Vladimir Putin, died in prison in obscure circumstances.
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MARS
01: Iris Apfeel102, “geriatric starlet” and eccentric icon of American fashion.
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01: Akira Toriyama68 years old, Japanese designer of the globally successful mangas “Dr Slump” and “Dragon Ball”.
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23: Maurizio Pollini82 years old, Italian virtuoso pianist of Chopin and Beethoven, one of the great pianists of our time according to La Scala.
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AVRIL
02: Maryse Conde90 years old, French writer of Guadeloupean origin, great voice of French-speaking literature.
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08: Peter Higgs, 94 years old, British physicist, Nobel Prize winner in 2013 for his work on the Higgs boson, an elementary particle, a keystone of the fundamental structure of matter. The “Higgs boson” was discovered in 2012 at CERN in Geneva.
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10: OJ Simpson76, former American football star, acquitted in 1995 of the murder of his ex-wife and a friend of hers during a highly publicized trial, then, in 1997, convicted in civil court for the deaths of these two people. Arrested in 2007 for armed robbery and kidnapping, he is serving 9 years in prison.
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30: Paul Auster77 years old, American novelist, screenwriter and director, whose works, “The New York Trilogy” in the lead, have enjoyed enormous success, particularly in Europe.
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MAY
09: Roger Corman98 years old, figure of American independent cinema and king of the B series.
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13: Alice Munro92 years old, Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize 2013.
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JUNE
05: Akira Endo, 90 years old, Japanese microbiologist, discoverer of statins which revolutionized the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
11: Françoise Hardy80 years old, French singer and one of the last icons of the sixties.
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18: Anouk Aimee92 years old, actress, heroine of the legendary film “A Man and a Woman”.
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20: Donald Sutherland88, memorable Canadian actor in Fellini’s “Casanova” and President Snow of “The Hunger Games.”
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JULY
01: Ismail Kadare88 years old, Albanian writer author of a monumental work under the communist tyranny of Enver Hoxha.
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13: Shannen Doherty53, leading American actress in the series “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Charmed”.
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27: Edna O’Brien93, internationally renowned Irish writer.
31: 62, political leader of Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist and nationalist movement, killed in an attack in Tehran blamed on Israel.
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AUGUST
14: Gena Rowlands94 years old, figure of American independent cinema, muse and wife of John Cassavetes.
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18: Alain Delon88 years old, hero of “Cheetah” and “Samouraï”, icon of French cinema throughout the world.
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19: Michel Guerard91 years old, three-star French chef, one of the leaders of nouvelle cuisine.
SEPTEMBER
05: Rebecca Cheptegei33, Ugandan athlete set on fire by her partner a few weeks after the Paris Olympics marathon.
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11: Alberto Fujimori86, president of Peru (1990-2000) sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity.
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27: Maggie Smith89, British actress, known worldwide for her roles in the series “Downton Abbey” and the “Harry Potter” saga.
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27: Hassan Nasrallah64, leader of Hezbollah, a Shiite Islamic political party, killed by an Israeli strike in Lebanon.
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28: Kris Kristofferson88, American actor and country music star.
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OCTOBER
03: Michel BlancFrench actor, director and screenwriter, revealed in the 70s with the famous Splendid troupe.
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09: Ratan Tata86 years old, Indian industrialist at the head of the Tata group.
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16: Liam Payne, 31 years old, former singer of the boy band “One Direction”, fell from the 3rd floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires.
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16: Yahya Sinwar61, political leader of Hamas, killed by the Israeli army which considered him the architect of the attack of October 7, 2023.
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20: Fethullah Gulen83 years old, Turkish imam, inspiration for the “Hizmet” network, sworn enemy of President Erdogan.
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NOVEMBER
03: Quincy Jones91 years old, legend of American music, trumpeter, composer and producer notably of Michael Jackson.
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24: Breyten Breytenbach85 years old, considered one of the best writers in the Afrikaans language, white champion of the fight against apartheid, a fight which earned him seven years of imprisonment.
28: Prince Johnson72, figure in Liberia’s bloody civil war renowned for his cruelty, responsible for the death of Liberian President Samuel Doe.
29: Silvia Pinal93 years old, Mexican actress, muse of Luis Bunuel and figure of the golden age of Mexican cinema from the 40s to the 60s.
DECEMBER
12: Martial Solal97 years old, internationally renowned French jazz pianist and improvisation king.
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17: Marisa Paredes78, Spanish theater and film actress who played six times for Pedro Almodovar.
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