Tignous | |
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Born | Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac 21 August 1957 Paris, France |
Died | 7 January 2015 Paris, France | (aged 57)
Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Pseudonym(s) | Tignous |
Children | 4 |
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Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac (21 August 1957 – 7 January 2015), known by the pseudonym Tignous (French pronunciation: [tiɲus], from Occitan: Tinhós), was a French cartoonist. He was a long-time staff cartoonist for the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
On 7 January 2015, Tignous was killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting.[1]