Soon after the 2019 fire that toppled the spire of Notre Dame and consumed its timber-and-lead roof, French President Emmanuel Macron named Georgelin to lead the restoration work.
of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Jean-Louis Georgelin, has died. He was 74.
Citing the regional prosecutor, local news reports said Georgelin died while hiking in the Pyrenees, likely in an accident. The mountain rescue service in the Ariege region said a body was found Friday near the village of Bordes-Uchentein. Born Aug. 30, 1948, Georgelin attended the prestigious Saint-Cyr military high school before serving in infantry and parachute regiments and in military intelligence. He studied at the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, and went on to become personal military chief to late President Jacques Chirac, and then chief of staff of the French military from 2006-2010.
In July, Georgelin spoke to CBS News outside his team's workshops in Briey, in eastern France, where workers were holding a dress rehearsal to ensure all the carefully-carved components of the spire shaft fit together.
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