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Leo Bersani, Critic of French Literature and Gay Life, Dies at 90
Leo Bersani, who over a 60-year career as a scholar of modern French literature had a profound influence on art and literary criticism, and who later played a central role in debates about gay and queer identity at the height of the AIDS crisis, died on Feb. 20 at an assisted-living facility in Peoria, Ariz. He was 90.