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French Filmmaker de Broca Dies at Age 71


French filmmaker Philippe de Broca, who made such notable films as "King of Hearts" and "That Man from Rio," has died at the age of 71.

The newspaper Le Parisien says he died of cancer in a hospital near Paris Friday night.

Mr. de Broca got his start in the 1950s as an assistant to directors Claude Chabrol and Francois Truffaut.

Mr. de Broca's last film, "Viper in the Fist," has sold more than one million tickets since its release in October.

Some information provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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