Former French first lady Bernadette Chirac dies at 93.
Bernadette Chirac, the former first lady of France who served from 1995 to 2007 alongside President Jacques Chirac, died at age 93. President Emmanuel Macron confirmed her death on Saturday, praising her charity work and calling her 'a great lady of the heart.' She built her own political base in rural France and held elected office in Corrèze from 1979 to 2015.
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“Bernadette Chirac, formidable former first lady of France who built power of her own, dies at 93”WT Washington Times RIGHT
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“Death of Bernadette Chirac | A liberated voice: 'I'm like my snakeskin bag: I bite'” · PBS NewsHour, South China Morning Post, Le Monde
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