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Acclaimed French painter Françoise Gilot, who loved and left Picasso, dies aged 101

French painter Françoise Gilot in her Paris studio on April 6, 2004. © Jean-Pierre Muller, AFP/Archives

France's Françoise Gilot, who died Tuesday aged 101, survived what she called the 'hell' of being Spanish artist Pablo Picasso's mistress and muse to become a renowned artist in her own right. 

The Picasso Museum in Paris confirmed her death to AFP, after the New York Times reported Gilot had passed away following recent heart and lung ailments.

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