88-year-old French artist Ben, associated with the 1960s Fluxus movement, died by suicide after his wife Annie's passing.

88-year-old French artist Ben, known for his ironic handwritten slogans on black backgrounds, died by suicide after his wife Annie passed away. Ben, associated with the 1960s Fluxus movement, believed that everything could be art and spent his life in Nice. French President Macron and Culture Minister Dati mourned his loss, calling him a "goldsmith of language" and a legend.