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Death of Michel Foucault

France · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1984

Michel Foucault25 June 1984

Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Michel Foucault dies in Paris after complications associated with AIDS, aged fifty-seven.

Names involved

Michel Foucault

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