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Raoul Lévy

Raoul Lévy

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Raoul Levy (14 April 1922 – 31 December 1966) was a French film producer, writer and director best known for a series of movies he made starring Brigitte Bardot. He was born in Antwerp.

Biography

He committed suicide after losing most of his fortune making a film about the life of Marco Polo. He shot himself in the chest outside the front door of the St Tropez house[1][2] of production assistant Isabelle Pons, who had recently ended a two-year affair with Levy.[3][4]

Levy was survived by a wife and fifteen-year-old son.[5]

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  1. [1]
    "LEVY, FRENCH FILM DIRECTOR, SHOOTS SELF". Chicago Tribune. 1 Jan 1967. p. b16.
  2. [2]
    "Raoul Levy Finishes Life". The Sumter Daily Item. Jan 10, 1967.
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    "TELL SPURNING OF FILM MAKER BEFORE SUICIDE". Chicago Tribune. 2 Jan 1967. p. d1.
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    "Raoul Levy, Discoverer Of Bardot, Kills Himself". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. 2 Jan 1967. p. D7.
  5. [5]
    "Raoul Levy, 44, A Film Producer, Dies of Rifle Wound". New York Times. 1 Jan 1967. p. 19.
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