Jean Laborde

Writer Dec 9 (died age 88) Lyon, Rhône, France 1963–2000 (37 year career)

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Biography

Jean Laborde (9 December 1918 – 30 January 2007) was a French journalist and writer. He was born in Lyon on 9 December 1918. He studied law at university before commencing his career as a journalist. At the request of Pierre Lazareff, Jean became the judicial reporter of the France Soir in 1945. As such, he covered several famous cases, among them the Victor Kravchenko case, the Marie Besnard case and the Gustave Dominici case. From 1964, he was the chief law correspondent of L'Aurore. He quit…