France

15Aug

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France, Profiles, Sad But True

Juan Gomez, Police Officer

The Albertville Police Department announced the loss of a former police officer due to COVID-19. Albertville Police said that Officer Juan Gomez passed away Saturday morning due to COVID-19. Gomez began his career with Albertville PD before he moved on to the Pelham Police Department outside of Birmingham. Gomez was noted as an “outstanding person and officer,” by Albertville Police and they send their condolences to his family.

29May

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Claude Goasguen, politician

Claude Goasguen ‑ a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly for Paris from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1997 until his death in 2020 – died on 28 May 2020 from Covid-19. A member of The Republicans, he also briefly was Minister of Reform of the State, Decentralisation and Citizenship in 1995 under Prime Minister Alain Juppé. Claude Goasguen was born on 12 March 1945 in Toulon, France. He received a Doctorate in Law. From 1976 to 1986, he taught at Paris 13 University, and he served as the Dean of the Law School from 1982 to 1984. From 1986 to 1988, he served as advisor to the Minister of National Education, René Monory, with regards to the links between universities and the private sector, and professional training. From December ...

Princess Diana of Bourbon-Parma, aristocrat

8May

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Princess Diana of Bourbon-Parma, aristocrat

Princess Diana Margherita of Bourbon-Parma ‑ a French aristocrat and member of the House of Bourbon-Parma, a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family – died of Covid-19 on 7 May 2020. She was the second royal to have reportedly died from COVID-19. Princess Diana was born in Paris on 22 May 1932 to Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Parma, the youngest child of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, and Princess Margarete von Thurn und Taxis, the youngest child of Prince Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino and Princess Marie de Ligne. On 15 March 1955 she married Prince Franz Josef Hubertus Maria Meinrad Michael of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, in a civil ceremony London. They later had a Catholic ceremony on 16 A...

8May

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France, Noteworthy

Daniel Cauchy, actor & film producer

Daniel Cauchy –a French film actor and producer known for his role in Jean-Pierre Melville's 1956 crime film Bob le flambeur ‑ died from COVID-19 on 7 May 2020. "Yes, it is the COVID-19 has won," asserted Jean-Marie Périer to France Info in referring to the death of one who was a well-known face of French cinema. Father of comedian Didier Cauchy (The Crim’, Research Section), Daniel Cauchy was a regular supporting roles on the big screen in the 1950s to the 1970s. Born in 1930 in Boulogne-Billancourt, it is known in particular by turning in When you will read this letter Jean-Pierre Melville, The Portrait of his father André Berthomieu, Not touch the grisbi Jacques Becker, or Bob the big-time gambler Jean-Pierre Melville. To its cr...

4May

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Patrick Devedjian, French politician

Patrick Devedjian, former French government minister; Pix credit hetq Patrick Devedjian, 75, a former president of the Paris Haut-de-Seine district died on March 29, 2020. On March 26 just a few days before his death he tweeted that he was suffering from coronavirus symptoms. He said that he'd been affected by the epidemic and was able to testify to the exceptional work of the medical staff. Earlier in the week, he'd also tweeted his thanks to the staff of the Haut-de-Seine department for their work tackling the outbreak. . Once an advisor to former President Nicolas Sarkozy Devedjian had held a number of ministerial positions since entering politics in 1983. On social media, politicians have been paying tribute to Devedjian, who was of Armenian descent. The Armenian...

Jean-Marie Boegle, obstetrician-gynecologist

4May

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Jean-Marie Boegle, obstetrician-gynecologist

Jean-Marie Boegle – an obstetrician-gynecologist in Mulhouse, France – passed away due to COVID-19. Jean was 66 years old. Jean-Marie Boegle, 66, gynecologist-obstetrician at the Diaconat clinic in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), died "as a result" of Covid-19, the establishment announced. Source: Medscape Please help us in adding details.

2May

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Jean-Marc Manducher, sports executive

Jean-Marc Manducher a French businessperson and sports executive died on 30 April 2020 in Bourg-en-Bresse at the age of 71 due to COVID-19. Hospitalized in March 2020, Manducher was placed on a ventilator. He was President of Oyonnax Rugby from 1995 to 2015, and then was Vice-President of the French National Rugby League. Manducher served as Managing Director of Ronax, an economics interest group in the plastics industry, from 1995 to 2012. He also became President of Oyonnax Rugby in 1995. The club won the Rugby Pro D2 Championship in 2013, earning them a promotion to the Top 14. At the start of 2015, Manducher suffered a heart attack, and stepped down from his position at Oyonnax Rugby. However, he would remain on the supervisory board. Manducher was a member of the dire...

2May

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André Charon, Family Physician

André Charon – a Family Physician in Saint-Louis (Haut-Rhin), France – passed away on 1 May 2020 due to COVID-19. Andre was 73 years old. Source: The Limited Times Please help us in adding details.

27Apr

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Henri Weber, politician

Henri Weber a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France – died on 26 April 2020 after contracting COVID-19 in France. He was 75. He was a member of the Socialist Party (PS), which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education. Weber was born in Leninabad (now Khujand), Tajikistan, Soviet Union, from Jewish parents. His father was a watchmaker. Henri Weber was an activist in the May 1968 uprising and was a leading member of the Trotskyist Jeunesse communiste révolutionnaire (Revolutionary Communist Youth) and Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) before joining the PS. He was also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a member of the deleg...

25Apr

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Eric Loupiac, Emergency Physician

Eric Loupiac ‑ an Emergency Physician, Lons-le-Saunier, France – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 25 April 2020. Eric was 60 years old. Source: Revolution Permanente Please help us in adding details.