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On Friday, at the Invalides in Paris, France bid farewell to General Jean-Louis Georgelin who died last week in a hiking accident at the age of 74. French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the career soldier, who was in charge of supervising the Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction.
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00:00 France bid farewell with honors to General Jean-Louis Georges Lain who died last week
00:06 while hiking in the Pyrenees.
00:09 Speaking at a ceremony in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the charismatic
00:14 74-year-old, saying France has lost one of its great soldiers.
00:19 A career military man, Georges Lain was known to the French as the General of the Cathedral
00:23 after being made supervisor of the reconstruction of the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2019.
00:29 His replacement has not yet been named.
00:32 [SWOOSH]

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