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Jean-Bernard Vincent (30 March 1948 – 20 October 2024), better known by the pen name of Éric Yung, was a French journalist who had previously worked as a police investigator. A member of the
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, he turned to journalism in 1980 and worked for
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as well as several radio stations.


Biography

Born in
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on 30 March 1948, Yung grew up in a communist family from
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. Throughout his life, he had five children with four different women. From 1969 to 1978, he worked as a police officer, serving in the Search and Intervention Brigade within the
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as an anti-gang agent. In this role, he conducted surveillance in response to threats on the life of
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, who would be assassinated in 1976. Following disagreements with the National Police and an attempt on his life alongside that of his roommate
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on 31 August 1978, he left the agency. In 1980, Yung joined ''
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'', a newspaper owned by
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. He then became a senior editor at ''
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'' before joining France Inter. Following the closure of ''Les Nouvelles littéraires'', he began working for ''
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'' and the weekly magazine '' VSD''. He also made numerous television appearances including on
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's show, ''Field dans ta chambre''. In addition to his journalistic pursuits, Yung staged an exhibition titled "La science mène l'enquête" at the
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in
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, which welcomed over one million visitors. He also organized the exhibition "Landru - 6h10 - Temps clair (Les pièces du dossier)" at the Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits. Yung died on 20 October 2024, at the age of 76.


Decorations

*Knight of the
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(2013)


Publications

*''La Tentation de l'ombre'' *''Le diable est un assassin'' *''Du cambriolage considéré comme l'un des beaux arts'' *''Un silence coupable'' *''Les Nouvelles Archives de l'étrange'' *''Mon ami le bourreau'' *''Landru - 6h10 - Temps clair (Les pièces du dossier)'' (2013) *''Escroqueries légendaires et autres histoires de la délinquance astucieuses'' (2016) *''L'Assassin et son bourreau'' (2017) *''Les Archives de l'insolite'' (2018) *''Charles Manson et l'assassinat de Sharon Tate'' (2019) *''Five Points'' (2022)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yung, Eric 1948 births 2024 deaths French journalists People from Abbeville