The Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi, who became known worldwide through her graphic novel and film "Persepolis," has died at the age of 56, according to news agency AFP.
"Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life," her family said in a statement sent to AFP.
Ripa, a Swedish producer, actor and screenwriter, died on April 8, 2025.
After her husband's death, Satrapi founded the Mattias and Marjane Ripa-Satrapi Cinema Foundation to support foreign students wishing to come to Paris to study filmmaking, and she documented her grief by posting on Instagram the message: "For I have lost the love of my life."
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