28/11/2012 14:50
Le Monde editorial director dies
The editorial director of France's most respected newspaper, Le Monde, died after collapsing at his office on Tuesday evening.
Erik Izraelewicz, who was 58, was overseeing the production of the daily paper when he was said to have felt unwell before suffering a heart attack, the Guardian reported.
A journalist with medical experience attempted to revive him before the arrival of paramedics at the newspaper's headquarters in Paris's 13th arrondissement. He was taken to hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.