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New York Times
4 days ago
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- New York Times
Corrections: June 11, 2025
An article on Tuesday about the best and worst moments from the Tony Awards ceremony misstated when the event took place. It was Sunday night, not Monday night. An obituary on Tuesday about the French journalist, writer and movie director Philippe Labro misstated the day of Mr. Labro's death. It was Wednesday, June 4, not Monday, June 2. Errors are corrected during the press run whenever possible, so some errors noted here may not have appeared in all editions. To contact the newsroom regarding correction requests, please email nytnews@ To share feedback, please visit Comments on opinion articles may be emailed to letters@ For newspaper delivery questions: 1-800-NYTIMES (1-800-698-4637) or email customercare@
New York Times
05-06-2025
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- New York Times
Philippe Labro Dies at 88; Restless Chronicler of the French Condition
Philippe Labro, a prolific journalist, author, movie director and songwriter whose lyrical prose, boundless curiosity and oft-repeated determination to 'forage in deep waters' offered France a sweeping image of itself over several decades, died on Monday in Paris. He was 88. His death, in the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital, was caused by lymphoma of the brain, which was diagnosed in April, said Anne Boy, his longtime assistant. Mr. Labro lived in Paris. A restless spirit, notebook always at his side, convinced that journalism was an exercise in unrelenting observation, Mr. Labro pursued a lifelong quest to capture his epoch by any means. 'He wrote our popular, French, and universal history,' President Emmanuel Macron said in a tribute on X, 'from Algeria to America' and from Herman Melville to Johnny Hallyday, the French rock 'n' roll superstar. In 24 books, including novels and essays; seven movies; lyrics to popular songs; and several television and radio shows, Mr. Labro probed the enigma of existence. No one medium sufficed. Truth, he believed, lurked between fact and fiction, and so he refused to be confined by one or the other. Quoting Einstein, he called life a 'dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.' That piper was his muse. Mr. Labro also liked Victor Hugo's observation that 'nothing is more imminent than the impossible.' He had good reason. It was in the United States, on Nov. 22, 1963, that Mr. Labro, then 27, achieved fame as the first French newspaper correspondent on the scene in the immediate aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
