Both President Georges Pompidou who died in office of cancer in 1974 and President Francois Mitterrand who suffered terminal prostate cancer kept their illnesses secret until their final days.

• 此前有两位法国总统都隐瞒病情到最后一刻，一位是1974年因癌症在办公室去世的蓬皮杜，一位是检查出晚期前列腺癌的密特朗。