In 2024, the dissident Alexeï Navalny, the singer Liam Payne, the actress Maggie Smith, the writer Paul Auster and the producer and musician Quincy Jones disappeared.
FEBRUARY
– 3: Victor-Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy and Prince of Naples, 86 years old, son of the last king of Italy Umberto II
– 4: Hage GEINGOB, 82 years old, Prime Minister of Namibia (1990-2002 then from 2012-2015) then president (2015-2024), ardent opponent of apartheid
– 5: Jean MALAURIE, 101 years old, French ethnologist and tireless defender of the Great North
– 9: Robert BADINTER, 95 years old, lawyer and former Minister of Justice, father of the abolition of the death penalty in France
– 16: Alexeï NAVALNY, 47 years old, main opponent of Vladimir Putin, died in prison in obscure circumstances
MARS
– 1: Iris APFEL, 102 years old, “geriatric starlet” and eccentric icon of American fashion
– 12: Martial SOLAL, 97 years old, French jazz pianist and king of improvisation with international fame
– 17: Marisa PAREDES, 78 years old, Spanish theater and cinema actress who played six times for Pedro Almodovar
– 27: Olivia HUSSEY, 73, British actress, winner of a Golden Globe for her role as a teenage Juliet in the film “Romeo and Juliet” by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968
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