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Jean Chevrier ( died in 1975 ) will be most remembered from films such as : “ Escape from Saigon ”, “ The Long Teeth ,” “ Amazons of Rome ” and “ The Affairs of Messalina ”. His wife Marie Bell ( died in 1985 ) was a famous French leading lady in late silent and early talking films . Most remembered for her classic work in “ Le Grand Jeu ” and “ Dance Program .”

Composer , her airy romantic music was very in fashion in the early 1900s . Chaminade ’ s 400 published compositions include a symphony , a “ Konzertstuck ” for piano and orchestra , and a Flute Concertino that is still played today . Her melodic style was very suited also to songs and to solo piano . In 1908 Cécile Chaminade was welcomed on a multiple-city concert tour of the United States . “ Chaminade Societies ” became fashionable in the United States and Europe . Her fame diminished after World War I , when she retired to Monte-Carlo where she died in 1944 .

Ernest Walsh ( died in 1926 ) was an expatriate American author , and a published poet as well as being in journalism with a literary magazine . A benefactor , Ethel Moorhead , wealthy Scottish poet and artist , provided the funds for a Paris-based literary magazine , “ This Quarter .” The magazine would publish original writings of Ezra Pound and other authors , such as American author , Ernest Hemingway and Irish novelist , James Joyce . Walsh became romantically involved with the American author , Kay Boyle , who had collaborated with “ This Quarter .” Late in 1925 , the couple moved to the Riviera for his health and he became bedridden for three months . His health began to decline , dying of tuberculosis with the complication of pneumonia . Five months after his death , Boyle bore him a daughter . The excellence of his editorship of the literary magazine , “ This Quarter ,” earned him a place in literary history .

Jules Bianchi ( died in 2015 ) was born into a motorsport family . His father Philippe explained that his son was practically born with racing genes . He always gave everything to be the best . So he will always be remembered and numerous Formula 1 drivers were amongst his mourners at his funeral in Nice Cathedral . There is a memorial to him also in Monaco cemetery , as he was beloved in the Principality . The death of the Marussia driver has deeply affected the Formula 1 community . His car number , 17 , was retired from F1 in his honour .

The most famous emblem of this Brussels-born multi-talented creator is the ‘ bird-man ’ and , of course , the

Iranian Royalty , Ashraf Pahlavi ( died in 2016 ) was the twin sister of the last Shah of Iran , Mohammad Reza Pahlavi . In the early 1930s she was among the first significant Iranian women to cease wearing the traditional veil . She was not allowed to attend university and married in 1937 at the age of 18 . She was a strong supporter of women ’ s rights in not only Iran , but around the world . After the Iranian Revolution in 1979 , she lived in exile in New York , Paris , and Monte-Carlo and was the oldest living member of the Pahlavi family at the time of her passing .