Posted on 03/07/2021 5:46:02 PM PST by dynachrome
PARIS (Reuters) - French billionaire Olivier Dassault was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash, a police source said, with President Emmanuel Macron paying tribute to the 69-year old conservative politician.
Dassault was the eldest son of late French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose namesake Dassault Aviation, builds the Rafale war planes and owns Le Figaro newspaper.
“Olivier Dassault loved France. Captain of industry, lawmaker, local elected official, reserve commander in the air force: during his life, he never ceased to serve our country, to value its assets. His sudden death is a great loss. Thoughts on his family and loved ones,” Macron said on Twitter.
The private helicopter crashed on Sunday afternoon in Normandy, where he has a holiday home, according to a police source. The pilot was also killed.
A lawmaker for the conservative Les Republicains party since 2002, Dassault was considered the 361st richest man in the world alongside his two brothers and sister, with wealth of about 6 billion euros ($7.15 billion) mostly inherited from his father, according to the 2020 Forbes rich list.
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Helicopters crash.
Billionaire among the top 400 richest in the world.
That’s about as exclusive as you can get to the club.
They do. And they glide poorly.
One of the best ways to plausibly deny a murder.
Helicopters can be finnicky and watch out if the tail rotor goes, if its the standard design copter.
Seems an awkward expression.
How recently was his Will updated?
Just last week, maybe?
could be typo? could be english not his first language?
Bill Gates and George Soros fly around in helicopters a lot.
Just saying.
The original message on Tweater is in French.
Perhaps a poor translation? I dunno French.
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1368625180562624516
I’m not a conspiracy theorist.....but, there’s no such thing as coincidences, either.
~ Steve Bannon
Google Translate uses a different preposition:
“Thoughts of his family and loved ones.”
Death can sneak up on us. Better be prepared to face God.
Sad, France needs all the Conservatives it can get. RIP.
Six billion puts you in the top richest list?
Shoot, a guy from my hometown headed to Vegas in the late 40s, early 50s, went to work as a builder and somehow ended up owning most of the property the new (at the time) Vegas airport was going to be built on.
No one knows the whole story but he ended up owning the last privately held casino in Vegas...left behind 3 billion bucks to his daughter and her husband.
Hillary?
What is the French word for Arkancide?
Imagine that if the fire that destroyed Notre Dame cathedral was the unfortunate result of a constuction mishap, then the downing of the helicopter that killed this conservative, nationalistic Frenchman, who owned an aviation company, may have also been an accident. The French are learning that cultural suicide is neither quick nor painless.
Conspiracy. There are no coincidences. Rich people are immortal unless murdered by a conspiracy. Take it to the bank but buy physical silver only.
They do. And they glide poorly.
...and as I learned recently inadvertent entry into IMC conditions is an emergency procedure. You can’t hover on instruments.
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