Jean Cocteau, French polymath (poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, artist and filmmaker) and creator of avant-garde networks from Dada to Surrealism - died this day in 1963 from a heart attack…
It is said that upon hearing of the death of his friend, the French singer Édith Piaf, he choked so badly that his heart failed…
Epitaph: Je reste avec vous
Photo: Man Ray, 1922