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- Died
- Léon Schwartzenberg was born on December 2, 1923 in Paris, France. He was married to Nora Costes. He died on October 14, 2003 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.
- SpouseNora Costes (divorced, 2 children)
- He was for 23 years the companion of Marina Vlady.
- Parents with Nora Costes of Berthe Schwartzenberg and Emmanuel Schwartzenberg. He is the first cousin of Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg.
- Author, famous French cancer specialist, he changed the discourse in France on that sickness with his 1977 book. He died in the hospital where he worked. He holds the record for the shortest period as minister in the French government during the 5th Republic. He was minister of Health for 10 days in 1988. He had been a resistant during WWII.
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