Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

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Another sub required for the 2017 TCD then.

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DDP pick and French actress Michele Morgan dead at 96: http://www.rtl.fr/culture/arts-spectacles/la-comedienne-michele-morgan-est-morte-a-96-ans-7786371008

Beat me by a minute.

 

Au revoir, Mlle Morgan. List updated above.

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

was Michele Morgan really famous ?

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

was Michele Morgan really famous ?

Yes! It is the headline story on the French news. Read the article (in English) and you will see how they gush over her: http://www.france24.com/en/20161220-french-screen-legend-michele-morgan-dies-96

 

I mostly know her from her starring role in "La Symphonie Pastoral." She also won the best actress award at the first ever Cannes Film Festival.

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was Michele Morgan really famous ?

yes, of course. she was the most famous and notable French actress in the 40s and 50s

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was Michele Morgan really famous ?

 

yes, of course. she was the most famous and notable French actress in the 40s and 50s

Not famous enough to get a QO apparently.

[Toast 16,130]

 

 

was Michele Morgan really famous ?

yes, of course. she was the most famous and notable French actress in the 40s and 50s

Not famous enough to get a QO apparently.

 

 

Teenage lads, eh. Always in such a rush.

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That'll be a BBC ObIt: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38389507

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Eliseo Subiela

The Argentine Director died 2 days short of his 72nd Birthday

 

His 1986 film Man Facing Southeast was largely copied in the uncredited American remake K-Pax in 2001

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Joachim Calmeyer

The Norweigan actor is dead at 85

 

He was Knighted in 2001

 

His most famous role outside of Norway is Kitchen Stories which was nominated for a European Film Award in 2003

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Very sad: French actress Claude Gensac died at 89.

She is best known for playing in several Luis de Funès movies in the 60s and 70s.

 

http://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2016/12/27/mort-de-la-comedienne-claude-gensac-epouse-a-l-ecran-de-louis-de-funes_5054598_3476.html

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Very sad: French actress Claude Gensac died at 89.

She is best known for playing in several Luis de Funès movies in the 60s and 70s.

 

http://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2016/12/27/mort-de-la-comedienne-claude-gensac-epouse-a-l-ecran-de-louis-de-funes_5054598_3476.html

Mirroring Michel Galabru's (?) death in January.

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Ah, Louis de Funès, my favorite French actor of all times. He too died much too soon. That said, I had no idea Gensac was still alive.

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Great French writer Michel Déon has died aged 97. I predicted his death towards the end of the year some time ago.

http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/12/28/l-ecrivain-et-academicien-michel-deon-est-mort_5054977_3382.html

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He apparently died in Ireland of a pulmonary embolism. In France he was pretty famous, like the late Michel Butor.

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He apparently died in Ireland of a pulmonary embolism. In France he was pretty famous, like the late Michel Butor.

Qu'est-ce?

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He apparently died in Ireland of a pulmonary embolism. In France he was pretty famous, like the late Michel Butor.

Qu'est-ce?

 

Ok. I'm exaggerating.

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French composer Pierre Barouh dead at 82 of infarction.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/12/28/97001-20161228FILWWW00245-deces-de-l-auteur-compositeur-pierre-barouh.php

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He apparently died in Ireland of a pulmonary embolism. In France he was pretty famous, like the late Michel Butor.

Qu'est-ce?

 

Ok. I'm exaggerating.

 

Coome ci, comme ca.

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French orchestral conductor Georges Pretre has died aged 92.

http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/01/04/le-chef-d-orchestre-francais-georges-pretre-qui-a-dirige-la-plupart-des-grands-orchestres-internationaux-est-mort_5057794_3382.html

 

Tomorrow, a year ago Pierre Boulez died. January is a bad month for French conductors.

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French orchestral conductor Georges Pretre has died aged 92.

http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/01/04/le-chef-d-orchestre-francais-georges-pretre-qui-a-dirige-la-plupart-des-grands-orchestres-internationaux-est-mort_5057794_3382.html

 

Tomorrow, a year ago Pierre Boulez died. January is a bad month for French conductors.

 

Lightning strikes twice...lightning conductors...

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German actor Dietz-Werner Steck died on 31 December 2016. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.bunte.de/stars/star-news/trauerfaelle/tatort-star-kommissar-bienzle-ist-tot.html&prev=search

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Former German president Roman Herzog is dead

 

Sorry, but the forum doesn't let me post any links to an article. No idea why.

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Former German president Roman Herzog is dead

 

Sorry, but the forum doesn't let me post any links to an article. No idea why.

Here you go: http://www.dw.com/en/former-german-president-roman-herzog-dies/a-37072019

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German publicist Udo Ulfkotte dies completely unexpected at 56 of a heart attack:

 

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/udo-ulfkotte-umstrittener-publizist-und-ehemaliger-faz-journalist-ist-tot-a-1130008.html

 

He had turned into the public face of the German right-wing populist anti-establishment movement by writing books against the mainstream press landscape. The german term used by our right-wing populists was "Lügenpresse" (the press of lies). His death will lead to a thousand conspiracy theories. In fact, it reminds me of the death of Andrew Breitbart in the US.