Rimond Edde dies in Paris

The chairman of the Lebanese National Bloc party Edmond Shbeir said on Wednesday in Paris that Rimond Edde died in Paris in his unforced exile at age 86.

In a statement, Shbeir added "Edde died after he was admitted to a hospital in Paris in a critical health condition."

He continued that medical treatment for Edde at the hospital did not succeed in keeping him alive.

Edde, left Lebanon at his own choice in 1976.