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You CAN marry the dead
In December 1959, the Malpasset Dam in southern France burst and more than 420 people drowned. Among them was the fiancé of a pregnant woman named Irène Jodard. To assuage her grief, President Charles de Gaulle drafted a law that authorized the couple’s marriage. The president retains this power so long as there’s proof of the intended nuptials. The wedding arrangements should precede the date of death and no inheritance or other financial benefits are guaranteed. In 2014, a woman called Pascale from St. Omer, a town near Lille, married her fiancé two years after his sudden death.
In December 1959, the Malpasset Dam in southern France burst and more than 420 people drowned. Among them was the fiancé of a pregnant woman named Irène Jodard. To assuage her grief, President Charles de Gaulle drafted a law that authorized the couple’s marriage. The president retains this power so long as there’s proof of the intended nuptials. The wedding arrangements should precede the date of death and no inheritance or other financial benefits are guaranteed. In 2014, a woman called Pascale from St. Omer, a town near Lille, married her fiancé two years after his sudden death.
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