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Leiji Matsumoto, manga legend and creator of the Albator series, died at the age of 85
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Steph Deschamps / February 20, 2023
Leiji Matsumoto, legend of manga and Japanese animation and father of the space pirate Albator, died last week at the age of 85 years of heart failure, announced Monday the production company Toei.
In the course of a career spanning several decades, the mangaka had made a name for himself in particular with science fiction works such as “Yamato, the Space Battleship” (1974) or “Galaxy Express 999” (1977).
But it is especially the series “Captain Albator” (“Harlock” in the original English version), telling the adventures of the space pirate with a scar on his face and a long black cape with a skull and crossbones on it, which made him famous all over the world.
Published in Japan between 1977 and 1979 and then adapted into a cartoon, this work was a worldwide success, notably broadcast on French television from 1980.
Albator is my oldest and most faithful friend. He is my alter ego in his determination”, said Leiji Matsumoto in 2011 at the Annecy Animation Film Festival, where he came to present the trailer of the film “Albator, Space Corsair ».
Born in 1938 on the island of Kyushu (southwestern Japan), this precocious genius, an admirer of the great mangaka Osamu Tezuka, published his first manga at the age of 15, “The Adventures of a Bee”, after winning a creative contest.
The artist also said he was inspired in his work by the atomic bomb dropped by the United States in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, when he was 7 years old and lived in Fukuoka, 300 km from there.
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Steph Deschamps / July 14, 2024
American actress Shannen Doherty, who came to public attention for her role as Brenda in Beverly Hills 90210, died on Saturday at the age of 53, her agent Leslie Sloane told People magazine on Sunday. She had been suffering from cancer for several years.
“On Saturday, July 13, she lost the fight she had waged for many years against the disease,” said Leslie Sloane.
Born in 1971, Shannen Doherty quickly found her way into the spotlight, starting her career with a role in “Little House on the Prairie” in 1982.
From 1990 to 1994, she played Brenda Walsh in the cult classic “Beverly Hills 90210”, a role that brought her international fame. A few years later, from 1998 to 2001, she became Prue Halliwell in the series “Charmed”. Between several TV films and reality TV experiences, she also reunited with Brenda Walsh in the reboot of the series, “90210” in the late 2000s.
Shannen Doherty had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Some time later, the disease had returned, at stage 4. The cancer then generalized. She passed away on Saturday, surrounded by her loved ones.
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Steph Deschamps / June 22, 2024
Donald Sutherland, the eclectic actor best known for “The Dirty Dozen” and his role as a dictator in “The Hunger Games”, has died aged 88, his son Kiefer Sutherland announced on Thursday.
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of my father,” announced the British-Canadian, also an actor, on X, hailing “one of the most important actors in the history of cinema ».
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Steph Deschamps / June 22, 2024
Donald Sutherland, the eclectic actor best known for “The Dirty Dozen” and his role as a dictator in “The Hunger Games”, has died aged 88, his son Kiefer Sutherland announced on Thursday.
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of my father,” announced the British-Canadian, also an actor, on X, hailing “one of the most important actors in the history of cinema ».
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