Jean Dorothy Seberg November 13 1938 August 30 1979 was an American actress who lived half her life in France She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe including Saint Joan Bonjour Tristesse Breathless Lilith The Mouse That Roared Moment to Moment A Fine Madness Paint Your Wagon Airport Macho Callahan and Gang War in Naples She was also one of the bestknown targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project Her targeting was a welldocumented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris with police ruling her death a probable suicide Romain Gary Sebergs second husband called a press conference shortly after her death where he publicly blamed the FBIs campaign against Seberg for her deteriorating mental health Gary claimed that Seberg became psychotic after the media reported a false story that the FBI planted about her becoming pregnant with a Black Panthers child in 1970 Romain Gary stated that Seberg had repeatedly attempted suicide on the anniversary of the childs death August 25