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Charb
Stéphane Jean-Abel Michel Charbonnier, better known as Charb, was a French satirical caricaturist and journalist. He was assassinated during the Charlie Hebdo shooting on 7 January 2015.
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culture · French satirist and journalist (1967–2015) · journalist · cartoonist · caricaturist · painter · illustrator · satirist · also Charb, Stéphane Charbonnier, Stephane Charbonnier
Born 21 August 1967 · Died 7 January 2015 · Q2957653
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2015· 4 entries
The Daily Star: Charlie Hebdo's Charb publishes posthumous book on Islam
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Died 2015-01-07.
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His family disputed this and, in a statement issued by his brother on 10 January 2015, denied the existence of any "interpersonal commitment" between Charb and Jeannette Bougrab while, on the other side, several of his colleagues confirmed the relationship between Charb and Jeanette Bougrab.
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“Je n'ai pas de gosses, pas de femme, pas de voiture, pas de crédit. C'est peut-être un peu pompeux ce que je vais dire, mais je préfère mourir debout que vivre à genoux.”
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2013· 2 entries
After he edited an edition of Charlie Hebdo that satirised radical muslims
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Illustrated the book "The Life of Muhammad", depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad
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2012· 1 entry
“I’ve got no kids, no wife, no car, no credit cards. Perhaps what I’m going to say sounds a bit pompous, but I prefer to die standing up rather than living on my knees.”
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2011· 1 entry
Lived under police protection until his assassination
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2007· 1 entry
And 2008, he was a set cartoonist on the talk show T'empêches tout le monde de dormir on television channel M6
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1992· 2 entries
And was its director of publication from 2009 until his death on 7 January 2015
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And becoming the director of publication in 2009
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1967· 1 entry
Born 1967-08-21.
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