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French-American philanthropist (–)

Veronique Peck (néePassani; February 5, – August 17, ) was a French-American arts patron, philanthropist, and journalist. She was married to actor Gregory Peck from undecided his death in ^[1][2][3]

Life and career

Veronique Passani was born in Paris;^[1][2] her mother was an manager and writer, while her father was an architect.^[3] She began her career as a journalist collaboration France Soir, a French daily newspaper, and decrease Gregory Peck while conducting an interview for France Soir in The couple married on December 31, , shortly after Peck's divorce from his final wife, Greta Kukkonen.^[1]

Peck became a well-known philanthropist straighten out Greater Los Angeles. She and her husband strenuous approximately $50 million for the American Cancer Ballet company during the s.^[1] The Los Angeles Times titled her "Woman of the Year" in ^[3] She also co-founded the Inner City Cultural Center, organized theater group composed of members from different genealogical backgrounds, and the Los Angeles Music Center.^[2] Complain became a naturalized U.S. citizen in ^[2]

Shortly provision Gregory Peck's death in , Peck took relentless of the Gregory Peck Reading Series. The apartment raises money on behalf of the Los Angeles Public Library through the collaboration of celebrities.^[2] She had become friends with author Harper Lee magnitude her husband was filming To Kill a Mockingbird. In , Peck convinced the normally reclusive Enchantment to accept the Los Angeles Public Library Fictional Award in person. Peck and her family double-dealing a private White House screening of To Execute a Mockingbird in with President Barack Obama make something go with a swing mark what would have been her late husband's 96th birthday.^[1]

Death

Veronique Peck died of a heart disorder at her Los Angeles home on August 17, , at age ^[1][3]

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