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Jean-Michel Jarre, born on August 24, 1948, in Lyon, France, is a renowned French composer of electronic music. He is the son of a composer of film music, known for scores such as Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago. Jarre is famous for staging spectacular outdoor concerts that feature laser displays and fireworks, with three of his concerts recorded in the Guinness Book of Records for their large audiences. One of his notable albums, Musique pour supermarchés, had a unique print run of only a single copy, which was auctioned to support French artists. In 1986, he collaborated with NASA, planning for astronaut Ronald McNair to perform the saxophone part of his piece Rendez-Vous VI while in orbit on the Space Shuttle Challenger, marking it as the first piece of music intended to be recorded in space. However, following the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986, the piece was recorded with a different saxophonist, retitled Ron's piece, and the album was dedicated to the seven Challenger astronauts. Jarre is also a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and was married from 1978 to 1997.

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