Retrospective: The main missing people of the past year

From Franz Beckenbauer to Jimmy Carter, including Françoise Hardy, Alain Delon and Liam Payne, the year 2024 has seen the disappearance of many celebrities.

– 7: Franz Beckenbauer, 78 years old, German footballer, nicknamed “the Kaiser”, he notably won the 1974 World Cup with the “Mannschaft”.

– 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

– 1: Iris APFEL, 102 years old, “geriatric starlet” and eccentric icon of American fashion

– 1: Akira TORIYAMA, 68 years old, Japanese designer of the globally successful manga “Dr Slump” and “Dragon Ball”

– 23: Maurizio POLLINI, 82 years old, Italian virtuoso pianist of Chopin and Beethoven, one of the great pianists of our time according to La Scala

– 27: LA CASTOU, 75 years old, actress and singer from Jura who had notably played in several sitcoms on TSR including “Carnotzet”, “Bigoudi” or “Les Pique-Meeuros”.

– 2: Maryse CONDE, 90 years old, French writer of Guadeloupean origin, great voice of French-speaking literature

– 8: Peter HIGGS, 94 years old, British physicist, Nobel Prize winner in 2013 for his work on the Higgs boson, an elementary particle, keystone of the fundamental structure of matter

– 10: OJ SIMPSON, 76, 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 death of these two people. Arrested in 2007 for armed robbery and kidnapping, he is serving 9 years in prison.

– 30: Paul AUSTER, 77 years old, American novelist, screenwriter and director, whose works, “The New York Trilogy” in the lead, have enjoyed enormous success, particularly in Europe

– 6: Bernard PIVOT, 89 years old, presenter, writer, host of the legendary TV show “Apostrophes”

– 9: Roger CORMAN, 98 years old, figure of American independent cinema and king of the B series

– 10: André Simonazzi, 55, spokesperson for the Federal Council and vice-chancellor of the Confederation.

– 13: Alice MUNRO, 92 years old, Canadian novelist, Nobel Prize 2013

– 5: Akira ENDO, 90 years old, Japanese microbiologist, discoverer of statins who revolutionized the treatment of cardiovascular diseases

– 11: Françoise HARDY, 80 years old, French singer and one of the last icons of the sixties

– 18: Anouk AIMEE, 92 years old, actress, heroine of the legendary film “A Man and a Woman”

– 20: Donald SUTHERLAND, 88, memorable Canadian actor in Fellini’s “Casanova” and President Snow in “The Hunger Games”

– 1: Ismaïl KADARE, 88 years old, Albanian writer author of a monumental work under the communist tyranny of Enver Hoxha

– 13: Shannen DOHERTY, 53 years old, leading American actress in the series “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Charmed”

– 27: Edna O’BRIEN, 93, internationally renowned Irish writer

– 31: Ismaïl HANIYEH, 62, political leader of Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist and nationalist movement, killed in an attack in Tehran attributed to Israel

7: Patrice LAFFONT, 84 years old, major television figure, host of the games “Numbers and Letters” and “Fort Boyard”

– 14: Gena ROWLANDS, 94 years old, figure of American independent cinema, muse and wife of John Cassavetes

– 18: Alain DELON, 88 years old, hero of “Cheetah” and “Samouraï”, icon of French cinema around the world

– 19: Michel GUERARD, 91 years old, three-star French chef, one of the leaders of nouvelle cuisine

– 5: Rebecca CHEPTEGEI, 33 years old, Ugandan athlete set on fire by her partner a few weeks after the Paris Olympics marathon

– 11: Alberto FUJIMORI, 86 years old, president of Peru (1990-2000) sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity

– 16: Paul-André CADIEUX, 77 years old, Canadian-Swiss hockey player who has become an essential figure in the world of Swiss ice hockey.

– 27: Maggie SMITH, 89 years old, British actress, known worldwide for her roles in the series “Downton Abbey” and the “Harry Potter” saga

– 27: Hassan NASRALLAH, 64, leader of Hezbollah, Shiite Islamic political party, killed by an Israeli strike in Lebanon

– 28: Kris KRISTOFFERSON, 88, American actor and country music star

– 3: Michel BLANC, 72 years old, actor and director, eternal Jean-Claude Dusse of the “Bronzés” saga

– 9: Ratan TATA, 86 years old, Indian industrialist at the head of the Tata group

– 16: Liam PAYNE, 31, former singer of the boy band “One Direction”, fell from the 3rd floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires

– 16: Yahya SINOUAR, 61, political leader of Hamas, killed by the Israeli army which considered him the architect of the attack of October 7, 2023

– 20: Fethullah GULEN, 83 years old, Turkish imam, inspiration for the “Hizmet” network, sworn enemy of President Erdogan

– 3: Quincy JONES, 91 years old, legend of American music, trumpeter, composer and producer notably of Michael Jackson

– 24: Breyten BREYTENBACH, 85 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 JOHNSON, 72 years old, figure in the bloody civil war in Liberia renowned for his cruelty, responsible for the death of President Samuel Doe

– 29: Silvia PINAL, 93 years old, Mexican actress, muse of Luis Bunuel and figure of the golden age of Mexican cinema from the 40s to the 60s

– 12: Martial SOLAL, 97 years old, internationally renowned French jazz pianist and improvisation king

– 17: Marisa PAREDES, 78 years old, Spanish theater and cinema actress who played six times for Pedro Almodovar

– 29: Jimmy Carter, 100 years old, president of the United States (1977-1981) and Nobel Peace Prize winner (2002).