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Marjane Satrapi, the visionary Iranian-French artist behind the iconic graphic novel and film “Persepolis,” has died at 56, leaving behind a legacy of fearless storytelling and unwavering advocacy for human rights. Her stark, powerful art chronicled identity, resistance, and the struggle for freedom, drawing from her own turbulent upbringing under Iran’s Islamic Revolution. A champion of women’s rights and global democracy, she co-authored “Woman, Life, Freedom” and declined France’s highest honor, citing the nation’s silence on Iran’s protests. Her death, just over a year after her husband’s passing, was described as a loss to global culture — a brilliant voice silenced too soon, whose work continues to echo the universal cry for justice and dignity.

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