The semi-coma of Jacques Chirac, a well-kept secret – Gala

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In his book the President, the night comes falling – The mystery Chirac, the journalist Arnaud Ardoin has collected the testimony of Daniel The Tale, a close long-standing of Jacques Chirac.

A posthumous evidence of inestimable value. Last July, the absence of Jacques Chirac at the funeral of Simone Veil was revived concerns about the health of the former president of the Republic. While his last public appearance was in November 2014 at the Quai Branly museum, the ex-head of State fight against the disease and remains safe from the media. This is why the words of Daniel The Tale, who had accompanied Jacques Chirac in recent years, are of immense importance.

Before dying suddenly in July 2017 at the age of 68 years, the friend of the politician was entrusted to the journalist Arnaud Ardoin. Paris-Match published this Thursday, the good leaves of his book the President, the night comes falling – The mystery Chirac (released October 5). The opportunity to return to the tensions with Nicolas Sarkozy, his relationship with his wife Bernadette, his daily at the ground floor of the rue de Tournon, the preparation of its appointment and its evening ritual. A few moments of a man in the twilight of his life. And among the many episodes recounted, is that of hospitalization in an emergency and perfectly concealed to journalists.

“A deep sleep, Jacques Chirac fell into a semi-coma. We try to wake him up, without success. The president is stunned. Has haste, it was decided to carry him to emergency at the hospital of the Salpêtrière,” says Arnaud Ardoin, reporting the testimony of Daniel The Tale. ” After examination, doctors discovered that Jacques Chirac has taken medicine antagonists, including the cocktail can cause irreparable damage […] Jacques Chirac remains two days observation in and out discreetly, away from the goals of photographers,” explains the author of the book, stating that” no escape is coming, alert the media “. A secret until then perfectly guarded.

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Jacques Chirac,Bernadette Chirac

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