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French Actress Nadia Farès Dies at 57 After Paris Pool Emergency

Prosecutors are reviewing pool video to determine how the incident unfolded.

Overview

  • Her daughters announced Friday that Farès had died at 57 and asked for privacy.
  • She stopped swimming at a private Paris club on April 12 and was underwater for an estimated three to four minutes before other swimmers pulled her out.
  • Bystanders performed CPR and used a defibrillator, and she was taken to La Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital and placed in an induced coma.
  • Investigators have opened an inquiry and are analyzing surveillance footage, and they report no indication so far of third-party involvement.
  • Farès had disclosed serious health problems, including a 2007 brain operation for an aneurysm and three heart surgeries, and she had been preparing a first feature with TF1 as writer-director.