The funeral of designer Sempé will take place on Friday in Paris

The funeral of designer Sempé, who died Thursday at age 89, will take place on Friday August 19 in Paris, his relatives told AFP this Saturday.

A mass will take place at 2 p.m. in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church, followed by burial in the Montparnasse cemetery.

Great French master of humor and poetry, a mixture of derision and modesty, Sempé has traced since the 1950s a work full of good nature: the famous children's albums of "Little Nicolas" and press cartoons, in

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The announcement of his death on Thursday sparked an outpouring of tributes.

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Death of designer Jean-Jacques Sempé at the age of 89

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