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 Their mother was severely authoritarian. It is often from such repressive origins that rebels arise. “You have to assassinate your parents” was Philippe’s advice to the young. He did it by running away to join the Foreign Legion. He attended, off and on, a suspiciously heteroclite array of schools before graduating with a degree in foreign languages from the Sorbonne. (James Kirkup, obituary of Philippe Leotard, Independent [London], 8/28/2001.)