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French president's widow Danielle Mitterrand dead
Published: 22nd Nov 2011 08:05:48
Danielle Mitterrand, the widow of the former French President Francois Mitterrand, has died at the age of 87.
Mrs Mitterrand died in Georges-Pompidou hospital in Paris after being taken ill on Friday, political sources told the French news agency, AFP.
She died at 02:00 local on Tuesday, days after being placed in an artificial coma.
Francois Mitterrand led the Socialist party and served two terms as president of France, from 1981 to 1995.
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