Lafaucheuse

New round to open tomorrow, Chilean way and mortal caso will get points

Just find the wiki list, forgot about Anne Baker and Eileen Kramer

Namely ? Besides Norman Spencer I forgot the others

Will indeed face trial in october for misappropriation of 7 millions from the EU. His ill health could prevent him from attending the trial though.

Received the Légion d’Honneur from Macron with Lula. Still healthy it seems, despite some shacking. Should be safe this year at least

Will make that my new signature

Ahah no but I have paid subscription for Le Monde and they’re quite picky on who’s death deserve a breaking news, un like Ouest France and Le Parisien for example which send breaking News everytime the butcher from around the corner dies so I tend to take Le Monde as quality obits

Claude Alphandéry dead at 101, breaking News from Le Monde

La Tombe explained it really well. As I say, Petula Clark made (more than) half her career in France, I think you’re not accustomed with this. It is a french speaking deathlist as jodorowski is in for example depsite being both french and chilian. I’d say if you wanna debate about that, first, try to learn about Petula’s impact and career in France or else, talk to me in private so we don’t pollute this thread unnecessaraly.

As far as I can see, neither Bob Dylan or Woody Allen made half of their career in France, But feel free to join our committee if you have some more useful names to give To end this debate, we stick to Clark being on the list, Linda de Suza for example, despite being Portuguese, would have been qualified for our list as she based her career essentially on french market. I repeat, this is a french speaking deathlist. I suspect we will just keep Clark’s until her demise to piss people like you who don’t understand her impact in France and why she belongs in such a list.

5th with a tie for my french theme team league but Mitterrand was not counted yet…

Petula Clark was chosen due to her long and illustrious career in France. She may not be french per se (I can’t find any info about french citizenship) but we did say « francophone personalities » and not « french » on the first page with the rules. Petula has had a long history with France which, we commonly thought, was enough to include her in a french speaking deathlist. This choice may be controversial but we can’t delete her now. Maybe we’ll replace her for next year, as she was in competition with Leslie Caron.

Probably not Carter’s demise at this point though

22 march 2024 Hit n°8 Laurent de Brunh-off Babar's second father, Laurent de Brunhoff has died to provide our deathlist with a back-to-back success. De Brunhoff was born in 1925 in Paris in a illustrious family : his great-grandfather, Oscar the 1st was king of Norway and Sweden, his uncle Michel de Brunhoff, the founder of Vogue Paris and some other famous fashion magazines, and his own father was the creator of the worldly famous child comic book Babar. At the death of his father in 1937, Laurent de Brunhoff took control of the Babar's company at the young age of 13. He then produced 15 additional albums in the legacy of this father and became one of the most famous and prolixe french illustrators. He moved to the United States in his later life and died there aged 98 from complication of a stroke, to become the 8th hit of our list. He was selected this year at n°36 and even though we thought he had good chances of reaching 100, his death is a good reminder that not everyone who makes it to 98 makes it to 99… There is no teller when this deluge of hits will stop !

21 march 2024 Hit n°7 Mitterrand : enterrement Former minister of culture and TV personality Frederic Mitterrand has died aged 76, becoming the second hit of march for our common french deathlist. Mitterrand, nephew of François, was born in 1937 in Paris and started his political career by playing in a movie aged 12, alongside Michèle Morgan and Bourvil. After the great success of such a talentuous acting career, he ended up teaching economy and history in Paris, before producing minor movies and TV shows during the 1980's. He then moved on to become a TV host, specialized in monarchies and history. At the same time, he began his institutional and political career, which led him to be the Director of the Villa Medicis in Rome in 2008 and ultimately, Minister of Culture between 2009 and 2012 for which he was most famous. His role as minister of culture was particularly well-received and was considered as one of the most influential and important one, alongside the ones of André Malraux and Jack Lang. In the meantime, he wrote several books and continued his cultural sponsorship which owed him to be seen as one of the most erudite public figures on the French scene and allowed him to be considered to join the Académie Française. In the end, he was not retained, due to silly accusations of paedocriminality : after having wrote in his 2005 autobiography that he frequently payed for the service of young thaï boys in Bangkok, he didn't understand the public condemnation to which he was subjected and rejected all accusation of criminal practices. Death seems to have clear all charges against him, given the unanimous tributes to the scholar that he was. Mitterrand died after a year battle with cancer and becomes the 7th hit of our 2024 list which showed to be particularly productive. He was selected this year at the n°20 spot.

Here you go : https://uk.news.yahoo.com/laurent-brunhoff-heir-babar-saga-082926981.html

I’m currently taking a week end abroad (hence the delay in obits) and while checking our list this morning while waiting for the plane, I tried to imagine which pick could be hits. I underestimated de Brunhoff who, I thought, had good chances to see his centenary. Wasn’t expecting such a quick follow up less it be him. Lots of low hanging fruits there, we might make it around 18-20 if we continue in that pace. 8 in only 3 months sounds amazing, all the more so for their popularity

Laurent de Brunhoff is a solo pick, waiting for qo…

What are the chances of her making it into next year list ?

Again ? +8… well two obits to come. +6 for my personnal list, it’s a deluge

What a year for royal members…

Shots in a Moscou concert hall, building in fire

Frederic Mitterand qo : https://uk.news.yahoo.com/macron-leads-tributes-controversial-french-104024841.html

+7, DDP pick of mine also

Frederic Mitterand dead at 76