From Alain Delon to Françoise Hardy via Michel Blanc, Anouk Aimée and Robert Badinter, here are some of the personalities who died in France in 2024.
JANUARY
– 10: Thierry DESMAREST, 78 years old, former boss of the Total group
– 11: Laurence BADIE, 96 years old, actress, television figure of the 80s
FEBRUARY
– 5: Jean MALAURIE, 101 years old, ethnologist and editor, specialist in the Far North
– 5: René CHATEAU, 84 years old, film distributor who built an empire in video cassettes
– 9: Robert BADINTER, 95 years old, lawyer, former Minister of Justice, father of the abolition of the death penalty in France
– 21: Micheline PRESLE, 101 years old, actress, doyenne of French cinema
– 23: Claude MONTANA, 76 years old, fashion designer, fashion figure of the 80s
MARS
– 12: Madeleine CHAPSAL, 98 years old, journalist, writer and literary critic
– 13: Philippe de GAULLE, 102 years old, eldest son of General de Gaulle, admiral, “Free French” since 1940, former senator
– 21: Frédéric MITTERRAND, 76 years old, television man, former Minister of Culture under Nicolas Sarkozy
AVRIL
– 2: Maryse CONDE, 90 years old, Guadeloupean writer, great voice of French-speaking literature
– 6: Alexis GRUSS, 79 years old, figure in the equestrian circus
– 11: Simone WEBER, 93 years old, nicknamed “the evil Nancy”
MAY
– 6: Bernard PIVOT, 89 years old, presenter, writer, host of the legendary TV show “Apostrophes”
– 10: Renaud VAN RUYMBEKE, 71 years old, former investigating judge, figure in the fight against corruption
– 20: Jean-Claude GAUDIN, 84 years old, former minister and parliamentarian, mayor of Marseille for 25 years
– 23: Marie-France GARAUD, 90 years old, advisor to Georges Pompidou and Jacques Chirac, figure of the conservative right
– 30: Geneviève de GALARD, 99 years old, nurse, heroine of the battle of Diên Bien Phù
JUNE
– 5: BEN (Benjamin Vautier), 88 years old, Franco-Swiss artist known for his slogans written in white handwritten letters on a black background
– 11: Françoise HARDY, 80 years old, singer with an international aura, icon of the sixties
– 14: Jacques LE DIVELLEC, 91 years old, chef, precursor of culinary shows, nicknamed the “Bocuse of the sea”
– 18: Anouk AIMEE, 92 years old, actress, heroine of the film “A Man and a Woman”
JULY
– 3: Roland DUMAS, 101 years old, Minister of Foreign Affairs under François Mitterrand, figure of the Paris bar
– 17: Nonce PAOLINI, 75 years old, former boss of TF1
– 21: Paul LEDERMAN, 84 years old, impresario of great stars including Claude François and Coluche
– 25: Pascal DANEL, 80 years old, yéyé singer, performer of “Neiges du Kilimanjaro”
AUGUST
– 7: Patrice LAFFONT, 84 years old, major television figure, host of the games “Numbers and Letters” and “Fort Boyard”
– 15: Louis MERMAZ, 92 years old, former PS president of the Assembly and one of the last barons of Mitterrandism
– 18: Alain DELON, 88 years old, actor, icon of French cinema around the world
– 19: Michel GUERARD, 91 years old, three-Michelin-starred chef since 1977
– 23: Catherine RIBEIRO, 82 years old, figure of experimental music of the 70s
– 31: Henri LECLERC, 90 years old, lawyer and tireless defender of human rights
SEPTEMBER
– 11: Didier ROUSTAN, 66 years old, journalist, great voice of Téléfoot and columnist for the L'Equipe channel
OCTOBER
– 4: Michel BLANC, 72 years old, actor and director, eternal Jean-Claude Dusse of the “Bronzés” saga
– 9: Pierre VERNIER, 93 years old, actor, member of the “Bande du Conservatoire” with Belmondo
– 19: Michel KLEIN, 103 years old, veterinarian, figure in animal protection and the Dorothée Club
NOVEMBER
– 6: Madeleine RIFFAUD, 100 years old, resistance fighter, journalist and war correspondent
– 18: Charles DUMONT, 95 years old, musician, singer and composer of the famous “Non, je ne regrette rien” by Edith Piaf
– 26: André LAJOINIE, 94 years old, former leader of the PCF, communist candidate for the 1988 presidential election (6.76%)
DECEMBER
– 1st: Niels ARESTRUP, 75 years old, actor, figure of theater and cinema
– 12: Yvon GATTAZ, 99 years old, boss of bosses under the presidency of François Mitterrand
– 12: Martial SOLAL, 97 years old, pianist, great name in jazz
– 20: Thierry JACOB, 59 years old, world super bantamweight boxing champion in 1992
– 21: Marie-Thérèse ORDONZ, better known as Maïté, 86 years old, host of successful cooking shows
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