Paris Match
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L'Express
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The Guardian
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'', 22 May 2014
She grew up in Monaco with her two brothers,
Michel Pastor
Michel Pastor (1944 – 2 February 2014) was an heir, businessman and art collector from Monaco.
Early life
Michel Pastor was born in 1944.Claire LathburyMichel Pastor dies aged 70, ''The Monaco Times'', 3 February 2014 His father, Gildo Pasto ...
Le Bahia
Le Bahia is a high-rise residential building in Monaco.
Location
It is located at 39 Avenue Princesse Grace in the Larvotto district of Monaco., Emporis
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Émilie Palace
The Émilie Palace is a high-rise residential building in Monaco.
Location
It is located at 3 Avenue Princesse Grace in the Larvotto district of Monaco., EmporisLarvotto
Larvotto ( ; ), also known as Larvotto/Bas Moulins, is the easternmost ward in the Principality of Monaco. It is part of the quarter of Monte Carlo. It has an estimated surface area of and access to the Mediterranean Sea. In 2008, it had a p ...
The Times
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'', 3 June 2014 Most of her wealth came from collecting rent. In its obituary, ''
The Daily Telegraph
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'' called her "the senior surviving member of what is, in effect, Monaco’s second dynasty after the ruling Grimaldis". She was known in Monaco as "La Vice Princesse" (English: "The Vice Princess").
Personal life
She was married twice. With her first husband, she had a daughter, Sylvia Pastor, born in 1961, who lived with Wojciech Janowski, a Polish-born businessman, for 28 years.
She then married Claude Pallanca, a dentist. They had a son,
Gildo Pallanca Pastor
Gildo Pallanca Pastor (born 1 April 1967) is a Monegasque businessman, real estate developer, and the CEO and owner of Venturi.
Early life
Gildo Pallanca Pastor was born in Monaco, the son of Claude Pallanca and the heiress and businesswoman ...
, born in 1967.
Assassination
On 6 May 2014, Pastor was traveling by car from the L' Archet Hospital in western
Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionProminent Monaco figure shot in Nice , ''The Riviera Times'', 7 May 2014 Minutes later, a gunman fired at her car, hitting both Pastor and her chauffeur, Mohamed Darouich. She was rushed to the Saint Roch hospital in central Nice, and fell into a coma. Darouich died from his injuries on 11 May. Pastor woke up from her coma on 16 May, but died five days later, on 21 May, at age 77.
Upon her death, the
Prince's Palace of Monaco
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Albert II, Prince of Monaco
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Born at the Prince's Palace of Monaco, Albert is the second child and only son of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace. He attend ...
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Christian Estrosi
Christian Paul Gilbert Estrosi (born 1 July 1955) is a French sportsman and politician and the Mayor of Nice since 2017, previously holding the office from 2008 to 2016. A former professional motorcyclist, he served as a government minister und ...
Nice-Matin
''Nice-Matin'' (; ) is a regional daily French newspaper. The paper covers Nice and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in south-eastern France.
History and profile
''Nice-Matin'' was created in 1944. The paper was jointly owned by the Grou ...
'', 21 May 2014
In June 2014, her son-in-law, Wojciech Janowski, admitted to being involved with her assassination. In 2017, Janowski and nine more individuals, including fitness trainer Pascal Dauriac and his brother-in-law Abdelkader Belkhatir, were summoned to court for trial. On 17 October 2018, Janowski was sentenced to life in prison.