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1777 – 1849Juliette Recamier (1777-1849)Died 11 May 1849, aged 71French socialite whose Paris salon was a famous gathering place for writers and politicians during and after the Napoleonic era. She was renowned for her beauty and immortalized in Jacques-Louis David's portrait of her reclining on a chaise longue. She died in Paris during a cholera epidemic.