His funeral will take place in the city that he personified for so long. The funeral of Gerard Collomb, the former mayor of Lyon, will take place on Wednesday at the Saint-Jean cathedral, in the heart of the historic Old Lyon district, his wife said in a message sent to AFP on Sunday.
“His public funeral will take place on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Saint-Jean Cathedral,” Caroline Collomb said. She clarified that details of “the tribute that the people of Lyon will be able to pay by coming to pay their respects in front of his coffin” will be announced later.
Suffering from stomach cancer, Gerard Collomb, the former interior minister, died on Saturday evening at the age of 76. At his request, he was given “deep sedation, which allowed him to pass away peacefully with his family by his side”, she said yesterday.
Shower tribute
The death of the Lyon baron, whose support was crucial to Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the 2017 presidential election, has prompted a flood of tributes across the country, and especially in his city, which he profoundly transformed during his two decades in power.
Thus the head of state greeted a “dear friend,” “a mayor who devoted his extraordinary talents of dialogue and imagination to building a city in his own image,” “a statesman who personified the rise and republican authority.” The Senate honored his memory Saturday evening with a moment of contemplation. In Lyon, flags were flown at half-staff at the town hall, where he served for a long time.
Mayor-ecologist Gregory Doucet shared of his “deep sadness” at the disappearance of his predecessor, a “transformative and humanitarian mayor” who will “always remain in the history” of the city.
Born on June 20, 1947 in Chalon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire) to a metalworker and CGT trade unionist and a housewife mother, this socialist activist joined the Moving Republic early on. Emmanuel Macron. He remained one of the emblematic political figures of the Gaul capital, of which he was mayor from 2001 to 2017 and again from 2018 to 2020, after a short stay in Piazza Bovo.
Source: Le Parisien
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