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After his divorce from Lesley Blanch, his first wife, with whom Romain Gary had lived in Roquebrune, he remained attached to the landscape, returning a few times. On one of his last visits, when he joked that Lesley was "solid as a rock", he made her promise, when the time came, to "have her ashes scattered in the blue bay at the bottom of the village".
of the village". In 1980, when Gary died, Lesley Blanch kept her promise and his ashes were scattered offshore. "The Mediterranean was an obsessive desire that never left him," she said.
of the village". In 1980, when Gary died, Lesley Blanch kept her promise and his ashes were scattered offshore. "The Mediterranean was an obsessive desire that never left him," she said.
After his divorce from Lesley Blanch, his first wife, with whom Romain Gary had lived in Roquebrune, he remained attached to the landscape, returning a few times. On one of his last visits, when he joked that Lesley was "solid as a rock", he made her promise, when the time came, to "have her ashes scattered in the blue bay at the bottom of the village".
of the village". In 1980, when Gary died, Lesley Blanch kept her promise and his ashes were scattered offshore. "The Mediterranean was an...
of the village". In 1980, when Gary died, Lesley Blanch kept her promise and his ashes were scattered offshore. "The Mediterranean was an...
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