“
DE GAULLE DECEDA
”.
It was through this morning AFP flash written in capital letters and in the simple past - a common phrase at the time - that journalists, then the whole of France, learned on Tuesday November 10, 1970 of the death of the former president. of the Republic which occurred the night before at La Boisserie.
Too late for today's editions.
Only the evening papers will cover the news.
On November 9, while he made a success while waiting for the time for the television news, General de Gaulle, who in a few days will celebrate his 80 years, is seized with unease.
"
My back hurts,
" he complains before collapsing onto the table.
His wife, Yvonne de Gaulle, then warns the doctor and the priest of Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.
“
It was already too late.
A quarter of an hour after the start of this crisis, the General had ceased to live.
It was 7:30 pm,
”
Le Figaro
reported
.
To read also: Yvonne de Gaulle, the discreet, died on November 8, 1979
At 9:41 am on November 10, an AFP FLASH
At the request of Yvonne de Gaulle, the news is kept secret, the time to warn her children, the captain
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