The City of Marseille in the south of France is paying tribute to author Marcel Pagnol on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Local officials and Pagnol's grandson Nicolas gather at the Treille cemetery in East Marseille, where the playwright, writer and filmmaker is buried. The author of "My Father's Glory" and "My mother's Castle", among other works, died in Paris, far from his native Provence, on 18 April 1974. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES