Controversy was Le Pen's constant companion: accusations of racism and antisemitism dogged the National Front from when he co-founded the party.

PARIS(Reuters) -Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front party who tapped into blue-collar anger over immigration and globalisation and revelled in minimising the Holocaust, died on Tuesday aged 96. His death was confirmed by his ...

McFadden Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founding father of France’s modern political far-right who built a half-century career on rants of barely disguised racism, antisemitism and neo-Nazi propaganda, died on Tuesday in Garches, west of Paris. He was 96.

The church Notre-Dame du Val de Grace, in Paris, has been the scene of the tribute with a religious ceremony to the founder of the French National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last Tuesday at the age of 96.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried in a private family ceremony in his hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of Marine Le Pen and the defining figure of France’s postwar far-right movement, has died at the age of 96, according to French network BFMTV.

Hundreds of people gathered at Place de la Republique in Paris in celebratory mood on January 7, after the death was announced of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the former leader of the far-right National Front,

The Notre-Dame du Val de Grace church in Paris has been the scene of a tribute to the founder of the French National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last Tuesday at the age of 96. Camera: YOAN VALAT.

The memorial for Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks, comes as the National Rally has become the driving force in French politics.

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far right National Front, dies at 96, a senior party official says.