Josette Bruce
1920–1996 (age 76)
Biography
Josette Bruce (née Josépha Pyrzbil; also Josette Dourne; (February 25, 1920 – 10 February 1996) was a French novelist of Polish origin. She is remembered for taking over the literary series OSS 117 about secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath after the death of her husband Jean Bruce, creator of the series, in a car accident in 1963 at the age of 42.