Jean-Marie Le Pen died at the age of 96 on Tuesday January 7, 2025, in Garches, in Hauts-de-Seine. The announcement was made by her family, but without Marine Le Pen who was on a plane between Mayotte and Paris when the news broke. So it was the journalists who taught him.
Published on 08/01/2025 08:09
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The plane Marine Le Pen was on had just landed in Nairobi, Kenya, for what is called a technical stopover. Passengers remain on board the aircraft while they refuel. It was a little before 1 p.m. on Tuesday January 7, 2025 in Paris when the news reached journalists' phones. The RN press advisor is not aware and it is he who will then show a screenshot to Marine Le Pen.
She, who had no network on her phone at the time, then got up from her seat. Headed to the cockpit where the captain allowed him to make calls. A few minutes later, Marine Le Pen returned to her seat, in tears and isolated herself until the end of the trip. The crew quickly removed him from the plane.
The family and Jordan Bardella were afraid that the information would leak, according to the official version. Rumors actually began to circulate on Tuesday morning and Jean-Marie Le Pen's very close circle therefore decided to make the information public very quickly.
“Learning about it from the press was extremely violent for Marine Le Pen,” admits a close friend.
Another hypothesis, that of an indelicacy of one of the members of the Le Pen family: the relations of the boss of the RN deputies are difficult with one of her sisters Yann Le Pen who is none other than the mother of Marion Marshal.
The announcement of the death of the Menhir is a new incredible episode in the Le Pen saga. Family where politics and personal relationships have been closely linked for over 40 years.
