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French billionaire and politician Olivier Dassault was killed in a helicopter crash. The helicopter with the 69-year-old man on board crashed near Deauville, the AFP news agency reported. French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the death on Twitter.
Dassault belonged to the Republican Party (LR) and sat for them in the National Assembly. French President Emmanuel Macron praised him on Twitter short message service as a man of many talents, declaring: “His sudden death is a huge loss.”
Dassault was the eldest son of Serge Dassault, who ran the arms company of the same name. The company builds the French military jet “Dassault Rafale”. In addition, the newspaper “Le Figaro” belongs to the group.
Serge Dassault was the son of aircraft designer and company founder Marcel Dassault, he died in May 2018 at the age of 93. The family fortune is estimated at more than 20 billion euros.
