Tag: disappearances
British author AS Byatt will no longer seek “the right relationship between words and things”
The English writer AS Byatt, in 2010. ULF ANDERSEN / AURIMAGES She did not like being called by her full first name, Antonia Susan, preferring the simple initials which appear…
The death of Michel Ciment, “the most refined, the most erudite, the least jaded” of film critics
Film critic Michel Ciment during a press conference during the Cannes Film Festival, May 20, 2019. LAURENT EMMANUEL / AFP A shower of tributes, across borders. Upon the announcement of…
Film critic Michel Ciment dies aged 85
Michel Ciment during a press conference for the film “A Hidden Life” at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, May 20, 2019. LAURENT EMMANUEL / AFP Film critic…
“Prince” Karel Schwarzenberg, former Czech minister and collaborator of Vaclav Havel, has died
Karel Schwarzenberg, then candidate for the presidency of the Czech Republic, during a meeting in Prague, January 9, 2013. PETR DAVID JOSEK / AP Karel Schwarzenberg, former Czech Foreign Minister…
The death of Haruo Wako, former Japanese Red Army activist
Passing almost unnoticed in the mainstream media in Japan, the death on Saturday November 4 of Haruo Wako, a former activist in the Japanese Red Army (ARJ), nevertheless revived among…
Charles Piaget, emblematic figure of the struggle of Lip workers, is dead
The CFDT union representative of the Lip watch factory Charles Piaget (right) and the general secretary of the CFDT Metallurgy Federation Jacques Chérèque (center), during a press conference in Paris…
The death of Francis Mer, former CEO of Arcelor and Minister of the Economy
Francis Mer, in Paris, in 2003. CHARLES PLATIAU He had been one of the only big bosses to occupy an important ministry after a career as a business leader. One…
Francis Mer, former minister of the economy under Jacques Chirac, is dead
Former Minister of Economy and Finance Francis Mer in the room of the Deauville international center, during a press conference given at the end of the meeting of G8 finance…
“Friends” fans pay tribute to actor in New York
Flowers and little words came to decorate the street corner in front of the building which appeared in the episodes of “Friends”, Sunday October 29, 2023. ADAM GRAY / AFP…
Rugby player Guy Camberabero, winner of the first grand slam with the XV of France, has died
Guy Camberabero, during the Five Nations Tournament, in Dublin (Ireland), in April 1967. SPORTS PRESS The former opener of the XV of France and the club of La Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche),…
The death of Bobby Charlton, “spirit of football” and 1966 Ballon d’Or
Bobby Charlton, in London, July 23, 1966. PETER KEMP / AP When a football legend disappears in the land of football, the question of building a statue arises. After the…
Cases of disappearances: “Every year, we bury 1,000 people under X” without DNA analysis, the alarming observation of this criminologist: Femme Actuelle Le MAG
Delphine Jubillar, Estelle Mouzin, Mathis Jouanneau, Marion Wagon, or more recently Emile and Lina… Some disappearances are the subject of extraordinary media exposure. Why these specific cases rather than others?…