Philippe Minard, director of studies at the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, died the day before. His body was found in a home, Quai de l'Artois in Nogent-sur-Marne, during the night of Saturday March 23 to Sunday March 24.
According to several sources, the man may have choked while eating a banana. “One of the most inventive historians of his generation”, describes Romain Huret, the president of the EHESS.