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Sunday 14th of April 1957 (x) — Writer Françoise Sagan is involved in a car accident while driving her Aston Martin at 160 km/h Sagan suffered multiple head and chest injuries and spent three days in a coma. For three months she was given Palfium 875, a morphine derivate, to ease her pain. She became addicted to it. Friday 11th of October 1963 (-) — Poet, writer, artist and filmmaker Jean Cocteau dies of a heart attack It has been said that Cocteau's heart failed upon hearing of his friend Edith Piaf's death that was announced on the radio in the morning.
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