Word: colombey
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...King tendency to equate himself with France's destiny led to his undoing. After the student and worker protests of May 1968, he demanded a referendum to confirm his mandate. He lost, resigned the presidency and retired to his home in the Lorraine village of Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises. De Gaulle died less than two years later, at 79, while playing solitaire...