the NGO Survie (born 1945). July to September 2 July – Pierre Michelot, double bass player (born 1928). 6 July – Claude Simon, novelist, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature (born 1913). 8 July – Laurent-Michel Vacher, philosopher, writer and journalist (born 1944). 19 July Alain Bombard, biologist, physician, politician and sailor (born 1924). Jean-Michel Gaillard, politician (born 1946). 26 July – Pierre Broué, historian and Trotskyist (born 1926). 28 July – Jacques Lacarrière, ice hockey player (born 1906). 3 August – Françoise d'Eaubonne, feminist writer (born 1920). 7 August – Paul Arnaud de Foïard, General (born 1921). 9 August Colette Besson, Olympic athlete (born 1946). François Dalle, businessman 16 August – Frère Roger, founder of the Taizé community (born 1915). 22 August Henri Genès, actor and singer (born 1919). Luc Ferrari, composer (born 1929). 25 August – Jacques Dufilho, actor (born 1914). 31 August Stéphane Bruey, international soccer player (born 1932). André Debry, one of the last surviving French veterans of World War I (born 1898). 9 September – André Pousse, actor (born 1919). 17 September – Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist (born 1925). 24 September – André Testut, motor racing driver (born 1926). October to December 5 October – Alexis Tendil, World War I veteran (born 1896). 17 October – Jean Lescure, poet (born 1912). 25 October – Arman, artist (born 1928). 27 October Jean-Claude Irvoas, murder victim (born 1949). 28 October – Raymond Hains, artist and photographer (born 1926). 7 November – Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec, urban violence victim (born 1944). 9 November Jean Catoire, composer (born 1923). Marceau Somerlinck, soccer player (born 1922). November – Dominique Chaboche, politician and MEP (born 1937). 4 December – Gloria Lasso, singer (born 1922). 17 December – Jacques Fouroux, international rugby union player, coach (born 1947). Full date unknown Ernestine Chassebœuf, letter writer (born 1910). References Links 2000s in France