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Article: Thousands Mourn Mitterrand With Tears and Roses // French Mourn Mitterrand
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 10, 1996
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PARIS Hundreds of mourners carrying red roses, the symbol of
French Socialism, paid their respects Tuesday to former President
Francois Mitterrand, who died eight months after leaving office.
In a pouring rain, a line of admirers wound its way around the
side of the apartment where France's longest-serving president died
in his sleep Monday at the age of 79 after a long and painful fight
against cancer.
Elderly couples joined students and toddlers as they filed past
11 Avenue Frederic Le Play. Most left behind roses, creating a
mountain of flowers piled as a symbol of France's fond remembrance of
a man who led France through the end of the Cold War and fought
ardently for European ...