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DeutschAndré Rousselet
André Rousselet (1 October 1922 – 29 May 2016) was a French businessman and the founder of Canal Plus, a French premium cable television channel launched in 1984. He also founded the number one taxi company in Paris called Taxis G7. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1967 to 1968 for Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency from the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left and was a close friend to the late French ex-president François Mitterrand.[1][2][3][4][5] He was also the father of film producer, Philippe Rousselet.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "André Rousselet | | The Times & The Sunday Times". The Times. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "André Rousselet, businessman – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Vulser, Nicole (17 February 2016). "Mort d'André Rousselet, fondateur de Canal". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "André Rousselet, fondateur de Canal Plus, est mort" [André Rousselet, founder of Canal Plus, is dead]. Libération (in French). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Bourdier, Maxime (29 May 2016). "André Rousselet, fondateur de Canal Plus et propriétaire des taxis G7, est mort" [André Rousselet, founder of Canal Plus and owner of G7 taxis, is dead]. HuffPost (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (30 May 2016). "André Rousselet Dies: Canal Plus Founder & Mitterand Cabinet Director Was 93". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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