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The Ypsilanti Daily Press
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
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Reuters dispatch from Paris reports that French film actor Maurice Chevalier was killed by French maquis last Friday; no confirmation from other sources. He was known for his smile, straw hat, and Parisian slang in American films and appeared in German-occupied Paris.
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London, Aug. 28-AP-Maurice Chevalier, French film actor, was killed by French maquis last Friday, a Reuters dispatch from Paris said yesterday. There was no confirmation in other dispatches from the capital, or from French headquarters in London.
Chevalier's widow smile, straw hat and Parisian slang were familiar to many American film audiences.
He had made appearances many times in German-occupied Paris, according to reports relayed from France after its capitulation.
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Maurice Chevalier, French film actor, was killed by French maquis last Friday, according to a Reuters dispatch from Paris reported yesterday. No confirmation in other dispatches from Paris or French headquarters in London. Chevalier was familiar to American audiences for his smile, straw hat, and Parisian slang, and had appeared many times in German-occupied Paris per reports after France's capitulation.