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Françoise Gilot, French artist who loved and left Picasso, dies at 101

French painter Françoise Gilot poses at her atelier, in Paris, on April 6, 2004. AFP - JEAN-PIERRE MULLER

French painter Françoise Gilot, who created artworks for more than 60 years but was better known for her rocky relationship with the much older Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, has passed away at the age of 101.

Gilot was Picasso's companion from 1946 to 1953 and established herself as a renowned painter after she famously left him.

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