At least part of his time in France might have been expensive, but certainly wasn’t comfy. He was pronounced dead by a French cop after an auto accident. The person sitting next to him stayed dead, he recovered but IIRC it took a couple months. He was driving, but wasn’t at fault - another car came around a blind curve head on in his lane.
“He (Romney) was pronounced dead by a French cop after an auto accident.”
So he’s one of the `undead,’ a Zombie. I suspected as much/