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Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash

Published 20 June 2026

Claude Guillemot, a co-founder of the global video game publisher Ubisoft, was killed in a plane crash in western France on Friday, June 19. He was 69 years old. The twin-engine Cessna 421 aircraft crashed in a field during its approach to land at La Baule Airport on the Atlantic coast.

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