Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930.

How Le Corbusier died?

At age 77, Le Corbusier died of a heart attack while swimming off the coast of the French Riviera.

Did Le Corbusier drown?

1. In 1965, Le Corbusier died while taking a long swim in the Mediterranean against his doctor's orders. Bathers spotted the 77-year-old architect struggling to clamber up the rocks to get out of the water, but he dismissed their offers of help.