George Whitman, founder of Paris bookstore Shakespeare & Co., dies at 98
George Whitman, the American bibliophile whose iconic English-language Paris bookshop, Shakespeare and Company, has been a haven for book lovers for more than half a century, died yesterday, the store announced on its website. He was 98 years old. Mr. Whitman “died peacefully at home in the apartment above his bookshop,’’ two months after having suffered a stroke, a posting on the store’s site said.
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