Michel Seurat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michel Seurat

French sociologist

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1947

Place of Birth: French protectorate of Tunisia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1986

Profession: sociologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Michel Seurat was a sociologist and researcher at the CNRS, born 14 August 1947 in Tunisia and died in Beirut in 1986. He was kidnapped on May 22, 1985, in Lebanon, by the Islamic Jihad Organization, a Lebanese terrorist organization that was the precursor to Hezbollah.
Unlike his cellmate Jean-Paul Kauffmann, also kidnapped the same day, he was not released.
On 5 March 1986 Islamic Jihad stated that it had executed Seurat; however, his fellow hostages revealed on their release that Seurat had died of hepatitis.
In October 2005, the remains of Michel Seurat were found in the southern suburbs of Beirut by construction workers, and were formally identified after DNA testing.
His wife is the Syrian novelist Marie Seurat.