Hélie de Saint Marc obituary
published 27/08/2013 at 05:35 BST who has died aged 91, was a French résistant during the war before being arrested and deported to Buchenwald; having survived the camp he joined the Foreign Legion,...
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Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc ou Hélie de Saint Marc, né le 11 février 1922 à Bordeaux et mort le 26 août 2013 à La Garde-Adhémar (Drôme)3, est un ancien résistant et un ancien officier d'active de...
View ArticleBill Foxley obituary
published 15/12/2010 at 06:48 PM GMT Bill Foxley, who has died aged 87, was considered the most badly burned airman to survive the Second World War; his example and support became an inspiration to...
View ArticleAgansing Rai, VC obituary
published 30/05/2000 at 12:00 AM BST Agansing Rai, who has died in Kathmandu aged 80, was awarded the VC when serving with the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) in Burma in 1944. In June 1944...
View ArticleJohn L. ‘Jack’ Melnick, lawyer, former Virginia legislator, dies at 78
published 01/09/2013 at 15:12 PM by Adam Bernstein John L. “Jack” Melnick, a lawyer and former member of the Virginia General Assembly best-known for sponsoring legislation that created a state fund...
View ArticleBruce C. Murray, NASA space scientist, dies at 81
published 31/08/2013 at 15:19 PM by Matt Schudel Bruce C. Murray, a former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who was an ambitious proponent of space exploration and among the first to...
View ArticleInseparable couple, married for 71 years, die hours apart in northern...
published 30/08/2013 at 15:27 by Associated Press CHICAGO — A husband and wife who eloped in 1942 and were married for more than seven decades died hours apart this week at a hospice in northern...
View ArticleBrennan Eileen
Eileen Brennan est une actrice américaine née le 3 septembre 1932 à Los Angeles, Californie (États-Unis), et morte le 28 juillet 2013 à Burbank, Californie (États-Unis). En 1980, elle est nommée aux...
View ArticleEileen Brennan dies at 80; Oscar-nominated 'Private Benjamin' star
published 30/07/2013 at 06:39 PM Brennan was the epitome of the 'gruff but lovable' type who appeared on stage, TV and film. She played the growling Capt. Doreen Lewis in 'Private Benjamin' opposite...
View ArticleBetty Ford dies at 93; former first lady
published 09/07/2011 at 16:11 PM by Marlene Cimons The wife of President Gerald R. Ford drew on her own experience with addiction in founding famed rehabilitation clinic. Betty and Gerald Ford embrace...
View Article92-Year-Old on Trial for Nazi War Crime
published 02/09/2013 at 16:32 Uhr by Daniel Niemann and David Rising Germany put a 92-year-old former member of the Nazi Waffen SS on trial Monday on charges that he killed a Dutch resistance fighter...
View ArticleBritish Broadcaster David Frost Dead at 74
published 01/09/2013 at 16:42 PM Veteran broadcaster David Frost, who won fame around the world for his interview with former President Richard Nixon, has died, his family told the BBC. He was 74....
View ArticleGordine Sacha
Sacha Gordine, prince Sacha Alexandre Gordine Gregorieff, est un producteur de cinéma , né le 27 février 1910 à Saint-Pétersbourg et mort le 8 juin 1968 à Neuilly-sur-Seine. Sacha Gordine immigre en...
View ArticleSaint Marc Hélie de
Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc ou Hélie de Saint Marc, né le 11 février 1922 à Bordeaux et mort le 26 août 2013 à La Garde-Adhémar (Drôme)3, est un ancien résistant et un ancien officier d'active de...
View ArticleGeneralleutnant Günther Rall obituary
published 11/10/2009 at 05:37 BST Generalleutnant Günther Rall, who has died aged 91, was one of the few outstanding German fighter leaders to survive the Second World War; by the end of the conflict...
View ArticleWing Commander Vladimir Nedved obituary
published 16/01/2013 at 07:13 PM GMT Wing Commander Vladimir Nedved, who has died aged 95, was twice forced to flee his native Czechoslovakia to seek his freedom; first to fight with the RAF, and...
View ArticleLa France et l'Allemagne se recueillent à Oradour-sur-Glane
publié le 03/09/2013 à 19h05 Le président allemand, Joachim Gauck, visite avec François Hollande ce "village martyr" où fut perpétrée la pire atrocité nazie en France occupée. Le président français et...
View ArticleFrance: le président allemand à Oradour-sur-Glane pour une visite historique
publié le 04/09/2013 à 01h33 Ce mercredi 4 septembre, le président allemand Joachim Gauck se rend en compagnie de François Hollande à Oradour-sur-Glane. Le 10 juin 1944, 642 habitants de ce village...
View ArticleOradour-sur-Glane : jour historique pour le village martyr
publié le 04/09/2013 à 09h10 C'est la première fois qu'un président allemand se rend dans ce village de Haute-Vienne, réduit en cendres par une division SS en juin 1944. Depuis le 10 juin 1944,...
View ArticleOradour-sur-Glane, village martyr de la barbarie nazie
publié le 04/09/2013 à 10h46 Repères 10 juin 1944. Le village de Haute-Vienne se trouve encerclé par une unité SS, qui massacre 642 personnes avant d'incendier le bourg, devenu lieu de mémoire. Vue...
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