French Lawyer Jacques Verges died from a heart attack in Paris at 88 according to The New York Times.
Verges was getting ready to eat with friends in the same Parisian house philosopher Voltaire resided while he was alive, his publisher Editions Pierre-Guillaume de Roux said according to The Times.
"The ideal place for the last theatrical act that was the death of this born actor who, like Voltaire, cultivated the art of permanent revolt and volte-face," a statement from Verges publisher as reported by The Times said.
Verges played "devils advocate" worldwide to support war criminals, terrorists, dictators, and other villans of the 20th century, The Times reported.
According to The Times, the lawyer brought up questions such as is a killer a terrorist? and can laws be used to judge good and evil? to help support the causes of the clients he represented, who would be eventually charged with genocide, crimes against humanity, bombings, hijackings, and murders of innocent people.
Verges was the son of a Vietnamese woman, and French diplomat who according to The Times was sought after by assassins, and reportedly had connections to secret services.
"He's a slippery man," Director of 2007 documentary "Terror's Advocate" Barbet Schroeder told The Times the same year.
The film portrays Verges as a person, and terrorism as a political weapon.
"You can never touch him. He loves the mystery," Schroeder said. "The reason is that there are certain things he cannot talk about. He would be in deep trouble if the truth came out."
Verges was a confident of the man blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians, Pol Pot The Times reported. Verges married a terrorist who he rescued from the guillotine, and then left with the couple's two children for eight years The Times reported.
The trailer from "Terror Advocate":
