Jean-Dominique Bauby was a French journalist, author and editor of the French fashion magazine Elle.
10 Facts About Jean-Dominique Bauby
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Jean-Dominique Bauby began his journalism career at Combat and then Le Quotidien de Paris.
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Jean-Dominique Bauby received his first by-line the day Georges Pompidou died in 1974.
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Jean-Dominique Bauby then joined the editorial staff of Elle, and later became the magazine's editor.
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Jean-Dominique Bauby was in a relationship with Sylvie de la Rochefoucauld for ten years.
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On 8 December 1995, at the age of 43, Jean-Dominique Bauby had a cerebrovascular seizure while driving his son to a night out at the theatre.
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Jean-Dominique Bauby had locked-in syndrome, in which the mental faculties remain intact but most of the body is paralyzed.
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Jean-Dominique Bauby recited the alphabet until Bauby blinked at the correct letter, and recorded the 130-page manuscript letter by letter over the course of two months, working three hours a day, seven days a week.
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At the age of 44, Jean-Dominique Bauby unexpectedly died from pneumonia, two days after the publishing of his book.
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Jean-Dominique Bauby is buried in a family grave at the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France.