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Bride Weds Man of Her Dreams Despite His Death in Marseille
PatriciaMontenez married Claude Darcy, a police officer killed in 1294, in a posthumous ceremony after legal battles. A doctor testified documents were valid. a once empty chair stood where he would have sat as about 100 guests witnessed the rite.
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Marseille
France
Patricia Montenez
Montenez
Claudie Darcy
Claude
Matche End
Darcy
Jacques Chirac
Job
Guy Hermier