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93 years

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07/12/1937 – 03/22/2026

88 years

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92 years

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Pierre Nora

11/17/1931 – 06/02/2025

93 years

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12/12/1926 – 05/30/2025

98 years

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Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat

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101 years

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Bordes-Uchentein

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Anne-Marie Krug-Basse

03/24/1923 – 12/03/2022

99 years

11th arrondissement of Paris

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Pierre Soulages

12/24/1919 – 10/25/2022

102 years

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Yves Coppens

08/09/1934 – 06/22/2022

87 years

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16th arrondissement of Paris

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Léon Cligman

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François Gros

04/24/1925 – 02/18/2022

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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

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Marc Monchal

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Jacques Chirac

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