Former French President Giscard d’Estaing Dies at 94

Reuters
By Reuters
December 2, 2020France
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Former French President Giscard d’Estaing Dies at 94
Diana, Princess of Wales (R) turns and laughs with former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, in this Nov. 28, 1994 file photo where the two attended the theatre and dinner at the Chateau de Versailles, France. (John Schults/Reuters)

PARIS—Former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, a key architect of European integration in the early 1970s, has died at the age of 94 after contracting COVID-19.

By Michel Rose and Sarah White

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