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Show t I DEATH CF "MAX O'RELL." ! ! Was Famous as Newspaper Writer and Lecturer. Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell) died May 25 at Paris, France. He had been j ailing for several montl s,, and never jj TiC1 1 h j recovered entirely from the effects of an operation performed some time ago in New York. Paul Blouet was born in Brittany, France, March 2, 1848. He received his education in Paris, completing it in 1865. He immediately began to write, and in 1869 gave this up temporarily tempo-rarily when he received a commission in the French army. He took part in the Franco-Prussian war, and was taken prisoner at Sedan in 1870. He was badly wounded In fighting against the commune. |
