Jean-Paul -, journalist and politician assassinated by Charlotte Corday in 1793 (5)

I believe the answer is:

marat

(Other definitions for marat that I've seen before include "French revolutionary killed in his bath" , "Jean Paul, French revolutionary, murdered in his bath" , "Charlotte Corday murdered him in his bath" , "French revolutionary politician" , "murdered radical" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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