Aimé Dupont [SEP] cause of death
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Later life.
In the 1890s, Aimé Dupont began suffering from stomach cancer. Just prior to a sitting with Emma Eames, he fell ill and was unable to work. Despite never having done photography work before, Etta Dupont stepped in and successfully kept the appointment. From then on, she would be responsible for posing the subjects. Dupont died of his condition on 16 February 1900. Afterwards, Etta became the photographer for the business (and in later years, their son Albert also took his turn behind
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- "The facts concerning the life and death of LOUIS AIME AUGUSTIN LEPRINCE, pioneer of the moving pîcture and his family", by Jacques Pfend (Sarreguemines/57200/France) 2014..
- https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33198686
External links.
- L'EMPREINTE DE LOUIS AIME AUGUSTIN LEPRINCE DANS L'HISTOIRE DU CINEMA.(Université Paris Ouest, par Marie Crémaschi. sep. 2013.
- Jean-Jacques Aulas et Jacques Pfend, Louis Aimé Augustin Leprince, inventeur et artiste, précurseur du cinéma
- Adventures In Cybersound – extended biography by Dr Russell