Claude Berri filmmaker dies

12 January 2009 @ 11:47 am EDT

Claude Berri, French filmmaker, well known for films like the two-part sage on life in Provence "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources" passed away at age 74 Monday, his agent said, according to Agence France Presse.



In this Oct. 17, 2008 file photo French director and producer Claude Berri leaves the church after the funeral ceremony for Guillaume Depardieu in Bougival, west of Paris. Claude Berri, who had been hospitalized Saturday in a Paris hospital, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, the hospital said.
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The producer and director passed away where he was admitted Saturday night after suffering a stroke in a Paris hospital.

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