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French D-Day Veteran Dies Ages 105: Presidency

Jacques Lewis was one of the last surviving veterans (Credit: AFP)

One of the last surviving French veterans of the June 1944 D-Day landings has died aged 105, only weeks after he helped welcome US President Joe Biden to Paris for the 80th anniversary of the amphibious assault, the presidency said Tuesday.

Jacques Lewis passed away on Thursday at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris where he had spent his final years added.

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