Guillaume Depardieu

PARIS—Guillaume Depardieu, the often-troubled son of renowned French film star Gerard Depardieu who gained praise for his own career as an actor, has died. He was 37.

Guillaume Depardieu died Monday at Raymond-Poincare hospital in Garches, west of Paris, from complications related to a sudden case of pneumonia, the Paris area hospitals authority said.

Family lawyer Jean-Yves Lienard said the actor flew to France on Sunday from Romania, where he contracted a pulmonary illness while filming.

Guillaume Depardieu won the prize in 1996 as the most promising young actor at the Cesar awards—France’s equivalent of the Academy Awards—for his role in the film “Les Apprentis” (The Apprentices).

As a teenager and young adult, Guillaume Depardieu faced problems with drugs, alcohol and violence that led to convictions for traffic violations, insults and narcotics.

He had a public falling-out with his father in 2003. That year, Guil-laume Depardieu had his right leg amputated to end years of pain from a bacterial infection that followed a 1996 motorcycle accident.



Matthew J. Rinaldo

WEST CALDWELL, N.J.—Matthew J. Rinaldo, known for his personal attention to constituent problems during 20 years in Congress, has died. He was 77.

Rinaldo, a moderate Republican, died Monday at an assisted living facility in West Caldwell of complications of Parkinson’s disease.

Rinaldo entered the U.S. House in 1973. He did not stand for re-election in 1992, saying he was tired of the bitter partisanship in Congress and of being in the minority party.

Rinaldo was a graduate of Rutgers University and held an MBA degree from Seton Hall University.

He served as a Union County freeholder in 1963 and 1964 and in the state Senate for five years prior to his election to Congress, where he rose to ranking Republican on the Telecommunications and Finance Committee.