Jean Taittinger, 89, French legislator
PARIS — Jean Taittinger, a longtime French legislator and heir to the Taittinger Champagne legacy, died Sunday. He was 89.
Jean Marie Pierre Hubert Taittinger fought the Nazis and went on to a long political career. He was a member of Parliament and mayor of the Champagne center Reims from the 1950s to the 1970s. He also served as justice minister under President Georges Pompidou.
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