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French dancer who helped Rudolf Nureyev defect dies

Choreograoher Pierre Lacotte helped Nureyev escape KGB agents in Paris and seek asylum at the capital's Le Bourget airport in 1961.

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Pierre Lacotte, a French ballet choreographer who helped superstar Rudolf Nureyev defect from the Soviet Union, has died aged 91, reports the BBC.

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