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French immunologist, who in 1979 published a well-known paper on the structure of platelet-activating factor and its relationship with histamine. He was head of INSERMs Unit 200, directed at immunology, allergy and inflammation. He died on 3 October 2004 in Paris at the age of 69 after heart surgery. He was married twice and had five children. Link to Wikipedia biography