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Maurice Baquet
French actor and cellist (1911–2005) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maurice Louis Baquet (26 May 1911 – 8 July 2005[1]) was a French actor and cellist.
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He was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône and died in Noisy-le-Grand.[2] He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris in the same class as Henri Betti, Paul Bonneau, Henri Dutilleux and Louiguy.