Bernadette Chirac, former first lady of France, dies aged 93
Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the รlysรฉe Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac while building her own political power in rural Corrรจze and turning a childrenโs hospital charity into a national institution, has died. She was 93.