Death:Death, Cause unspecified 9 January 2007 (Age 93) chart Placidus Equal_H.
French historian and anthropologist, specialist in ancient Greece. Influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vernant developed a structuralist approach to Greek myth, tragedy, and society which would itself be influential among classical scholars. He was an honorary professor at the Collège de France. He died on 9 January 2007. Link to Wikipedia biography