Valérie André, aviator and parachutist who became France's first female general, dies aged 102
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Valérie André, aviator and parachutist who became France's first female general, dies aged 102
Valérie André, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France, has diedABC News - 7h -
First female Coast Guard commandant ousted
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Haas appoint Muller as F1's first female race engineer
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The three female hostages Hamas says it will release first under the ceasefire deal
A British-Israeli citizen, a Nova festivalgoer and a veterinary nurse are the three women to be freed. Israel-Gaza war – live updates ‘Should we grieve, rejoice or cry?’: Palestinians in Gaza ...The Guardian - 5d -
André Soltner, Famed Chef at New York’s Lutèce, Dies at 92
Customers returned again and again for his impeccable French dishes at a restaurant that one food critic said “set the gold standard.”The New York Times - 6d -
'Screamingly funny' Tony Slattery dies aged 65
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's National Front, dies at 96
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Mike Rinder, former Scientology exec who became an Emmy-winning whistleblower, dies at 69
Mike Rinder, a former executive leader for the Church of Scientology who became a whistleblower after he left the organization, has died. He was 69.Los Angeles Times - Jan. 6 -
'Masterful' novelist David Lodge dies aged 89
Lodge was twice nominated for the Booker Prize in the 1980s for comic novels Small World and Nice Work.BBC News - Jan. 3
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