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Alison Hird with RFI

Flamboyant former culture minister and bad boy Frédéric Mitterrand dies age 76

French former culture minister Frederic Mitterrand smiles as he leaves on a scooter after the official handover ceremony with his succcessor on 17 May, 2012, at the Culture Ministry in Paris. AFP - THOMAS SAMSON

Former culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand, a high-profile and sometimes controversial figure on France’s arts scene, died on Thursday in Paris at the age of 76 after several months battling cancer.

Mitterrand was the nephew of former Socialist president François Mitterrand, but his own foray into politics was short and not so sweet.

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