Coco Chanel
As 1971 began, Chanel was 87 years old, tired, and ailing. She carried out her usual routine of preparing the spring catalogue. She had gone for a long drive the afternoon of Saturday, 9 January. Soon after, feeling ill, she went to bed early. She died on Sunday, 10 January 1971, at the Hotel Ritz, where she had resided for more than 30 years.
Her funeral was held at the Église de la Madeleine; her fashion models occupied the first seats during the ceremony and her coffin was covered with white flowers—camellias, gardenias, orchids, azaleas and a few red roses. She died in her infamous style, announcing: "You see, this is how you die."
Lolo Ferrari
Lolo Ferrari, born Eve Valois ( – 5 March 2000), was a French dancer, pornographic actress, actress and singer billed as "the woman with the largest breasts in the world".
She entered the international limelight in 1995 and appeared in the French "Guinness Book of World Records" in 1996 and again in the "Guinness Book of World Records" in 1999. Her death in 2000 was ruled a suicide, but suspicions remained that her husband may have been involved. He was cleared in 2007.