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The Chinese Opera Singer (and Spy) Who Loved Me
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!
On June 30, 2009, Shi Pei Pu died in a Parisian nursing home at 70. Born in Shandong Province, Shi had enthralled Europe with his* operatic singing and graceful stage presence in the 1960s. And he’d managed to capture the heart of French diplomat Bernard Boursicot along the way.