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FRENCH FILM STAR PHILIPPE NOIRET IS DEAD November 25, 2006
Bonny Apunyu
<|actor_philippe_noiret.jpg|Actor Philippe Noiret|left|>(SomaliNet) Philippe Noiret, one of the most popular and prolific actors of his generation, has died at the age of 76.
Noiret, who made more than 125 films in a career spanning over half a century, died after battling cancer.
Famed for his flexibility, he was able to play roles as diverse as haughty aristocrats and middle-class men.
Philippe Noiret acted several films but among his most famous films was Cinema Paradiso, in which he played a village projectionist.
Noiret’s other memorable roles included the exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in Il Postino (The Postman) and a middle-aged glutton in La Grande Bouffe (Blow Out).