Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François de Sade was born on 2 June 1740, in the Hôtel de Condé, Paris, to Jean Baptiste François Joseph, Count de Sade and Marie Eléonore de Maillé de Carman, cousin and Lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Condé. He was his parents' only surviving child. He was educated by an uncle, the Abbé de Sade. In Sade's youth, his father abandoned the family; his mother joined a convent. He was raised with servants who indulged "his every whim," which led to his becoming "known as a rebellious and spoiled child with an ever-growing temper." Later in his childhood,
Louis Alphonse Gassion at the age of 62. The cause of his death was from lung cancer. In 2007, Louis Gassion was portrayed by Jean-Paul Rouve in Olivier Dahan's biopic of Édith Piaf's life - La Vie en rose. Louis Alphonse Gassion Louis Alphonse Gassion (10 May, 1881 - 3 March, 1944) was a French circus performer and contortionist, with a background in theatre. He is mostly known as the father of the legendary French singer-songwriter and actress Édith Piaf. Gassion was born on 10 May, 1881 in Falaise, Calvados to a poor family. His father, Victor Alphonse Gassion, was a horseman in