Breaking news: Jean-Marie Le Pen, founding father of France’s far right, dies at 96

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, Founding Father of France’s Far Right, Dies at 96

As the founder of the National Front party, he built a half-century career on barely disguised racism, antisemitism and neo-Nazi propaganda, riding the country’s waves of discontent and xenophobia.

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