This is absolutely heartbreaking.
I was just telling my Visual Storytelling students about her work not even 2 weeks ago! — how important it is (especially in this day and age), the simple yet effective way she did her lineart, and why Persepolis is a sequential work of art.
RIP Marjane Satrapi
The French-Iranian artist and film director 'died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,' people close to her said.
